K.WEST
THE DAY K. WEST* BECAME QUEST
Let’s call it atavism This return to Ziggy 40 yrs. later
My brain hurts a lot (more) Never thought
I’d lose so many people Remember Starman?
He died waiting for all the nobody people to
become somebody And my magnifiers aren’t
even strong enough to rip off Bowie at his best Bear with me
Who could be more trapped than a 14 yr. old
in suburbia coming upon ZIGGY A few girls my
age went off their heads Later it was encouraging
to hear: You’re okay as long as a second ego DOES NOT appear
(a very smart analyst said in my 32nd year)
The moments of the now & then & yet to be
are woven into a past-present-future brew
Where the re-curring deja vu becomes your curtain call
Something about: A ravine where a priest with blazing blues
pulls a still beating heart from my chest
Now tell me yours because you have been implicated
from the start Of course you have the right to remain
silent Everything you say may change the trajectory
of your curtain call It was after all on April 4th 1994
that Kurdt Donald Cobain said: I miss the comfort of being sad
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Fall 2013 *(K.WEST – the sign over Ziggy’s head on the album cover 1972)
songanddancegirl 