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of sacred soul revelations
on this starry starry night
Sal Vince & Frida
are top down’n flyin’
sanctified artistic beings
stalking their unreal visions
as time and reality bends away
prowling the eclectic realm
lusting for some surreal magic
gesso-deep in life’s illusions
fingers burned to the bone
from fresco fire-dancin’
with the gouache-devils of
pain angst and perception
rollin’ like infernos
three combusting fireballs
longing to boldly set aflame
every forbidden bristle‘n bit
of passion knowledge and truth
rob kistner © 2020
A perfect merging of poem and song! So glad to see you ar Muse, Rob. 🙂
Thank you Shay! 🙂
Are you still able to comment at my place, Rob? Cos I changed the comment format to accommodate someone else’s issue with it.
Tried using mt Safari browser and my Google browser — could’t get either to work Shay? 🙁
Love the visceral paint imagery, the way it makes me miss the splashback from even the simple worlds I used to paint as a kid. Also the rhythm of this–it feels like somewhere there’s a radio station with this on repeat…
Thank you Chrissa… 🙂 …that radio station is on repeat in my head!
Great straight-up homage to these three here. I especially love the working in of gesso and gouache-devils, and that final flaming stanza.
Thank you Hedgewitch… 🙂
Well done, Sir! Fitting of the image.
Love David Byrne.
Thank you Charley… 🙂
Rob, enjoyed this ride into a starry starry night where time and reality bends away. Really loved that second verse. You have woven the magic of the mind walking on the edge of sanity/insanity it’s a fine
line some days.
Pain, angst and perception – difficult to navigate the road sometimes.
Thanks for the song share, I haven’t seen or heard of this one.
Thank you True… 🙂 …sanity is a matter of illusion and perception. Fool ‘em enough snd they might call you a genius. David Byrne snd Spike Lee hav joined forced to create a concert movie of David’s newest group. It is entitled “David Byrne’s American Utopia”. Wonderful! Highly highly recommend it!!!
“rollin’ like infernos” – awesome, yes!
Thank you qbit… 🙂
That last stanza so well depicts the personality of this traveling trio, Rob. Beautifully penned, as always!
Thank you so much Bev… 🙂
Love this … that third stanza is as red hot as Frida’s boots!
Thank you Helen… 🙂
A wonderful response, Rob.
Thank you Sherry… 🙂
Your words are as vibrant and colorful as the artists themselves!!! Love every line and the great flyen ride these lines take us on!!
Thank you Carrie… 🙂
Love, love, love this poem. If you’re going to be a rebel, do it with flash and fire.
Absolutely Susie! I’m glad you enjoyed this, thank you… 🙂
“ as time and reality bends away” – how perfect a description!
Thank you Sara… 🙂