Flow
A smile is a quarter cut from the Moon, like the Cheshire cat grin Three aspiring graces pose for the camera performing the regular smile And at this very moment they are the embodiment of their dreams We live in a flow of images that have replaced the clocks Time is measured by the posting, […]
The old Niamey bridge spreads like a tired Hercules over River Niger The lazy brown river slowly flows through deserts, it brings little sediment Traffic is heavy all day, at night the big lorries rumble past like ancient caravans Long hauls driving deep into the heart of Africa coming from the sea, hundreds of miles away […]
Standing against the flow of the revelers, snapping portraits Catching the spirit as the mood comes from the sidelines, a trickle of the trifle An anchor still clinging to reality against a drifting dream ready to run amok A couple passes by, holding their beer cans like a compass, the flash of a tired glance […]
The crowd starts to flow, slowly at the beginning They move like zombies towards the music and the noise You can hear the wild screams of the revelers and the distance And the obsessive beat of the drums calling the subjects to the sacrifice They will dance all night at the light of the spotlights […]
We’ll cross the bridge when we come to it At the exact median two generations cross their paths Each hurrying towards his own goal, the known and the unknown The wind of ime is blowing the past meets the present for an instant Both walking briskly towards their future, yet in different directions And below […]