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Here we are, standing at the threshold of a dream As the world skids into a Fellinian Dream The double-Oz have the license to Bill And the director of it all this otto- e-mezzo scherzo Can’t make sense of his own secret script The Union Jack of all trades I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Passion is what makes us endure the years Whether we were hiding or boiling in rebellion The new cycle of life can be a Harley Davidson But beyond the play of words we should remember The wisdom from the bottom of life’s decanter That echo Charles Bukowski’s famous say “Find what you love and let […]
Sweet young thing texting A glimpse of Saturday Night in London The waves of would be weekenders Flowing around Leicester Square Station Halfway between Soho and China An orange dress like a crossed zebra Stopping the traffic… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The Harley aficionados keep on riding The posse of the past parades in Chelsea Beautiful thundering knuckleheads Other prides from other times Not extinct but under threat Remember the WLA 45’s all sirens wailing Nostalgia always looks better on wheels Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
And the night soaked-up the light Leaving its glass with a last straw With some fast melting cubes Meanwhile the drunk bokeh danced Hand in hand And eye to eye.. Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
All smiles young beauties going to party Impromptu street request I gladly obliged And the rivers of time flowed under the Knight’s Bridge Casting away flotsam and jetsam of haphazard memories Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
From my nightly wanderings Meeting the lords of the Dark Side In a city still shivering from fear Cheap thrills of Janis Joplin’s Hendrix time A wailing echo still resounds in my ears Probably because of my age… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
The surrealist bill posters of Chinatown Like fortune cookies unwrapped before our eyes Open-air museum with all the oriental scents and sounds Travel light and cheap away from almost normalcy Waiting for the next wave under the necromancer’s rule Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Beautiful zombies on Saturday Night Tethered to their little plasma self Looking for the digital soul-mate In the maze of virtual worlds starts the quest For the secret map to artificial happiness… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
Universal soldiers of faith wage the battle to win your soul Under the depraved neons of the temple’s merchants Yet unconditional love sometimes needs the whip And the bells ring calling the brethren to flock The end is near, so why bother… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery