Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
O! TOTEM /ICON 4 OUR TIMES!
Rat !Meet cockroach!
Both
of you outlast the blast
iron
furnace of furious forgetting
Both
infiltrate and subvert
from
James Cagney's"YOU DIRTY RAT!"
to
Martin Scorsese's /Jack Nicholson's sniff test
Rat is equipped with
tools of our crime times-
aerosol
spray can and a microphone!
Small
enough to sit in slums
until
the siege sings"Eat or be eaten"
or
the battlefield Syria /refugee civilians
or
muck and mire and detritus
allows
you to spread diseases
You
are concentrated essence!
Metaphor
for Rat Packs of feral movie stars and singers
Image
so strong no one can spread your tale
You
have been with us since we moved to cities
You
will be the last ones sniffing the yellow canary air.
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