Become Shamen III

for Jon Hellier

Who wouldn’t want to be a trouble maker?

Walk in my footprints,
if you must,
but the sea will
wash it all away
behind us
in any case.

I can write on the glass
in my own juices
and when the sun strikes the window
we’ll stink out our message to the world.

Who can resist my painted features
when they split to issue
chanson
fable
the very moment a heart broke?

James Piers Taylor, 18th October 2006, London

IMAGE: McDonald's Hamburgers invading Japan Geisha and Tattooed Woman (1975) by Masami Teraoka.