monte casino

i’ve been in bars

i’ve been in cellars

the smell of fear drove me near

had someone seen him sleeping here

i’ve been to mars

i’ve been to vegas

still no sign or thought or deal

that someone saw him signing in

and all he told me is: keep knocking

i’ve seen bombs                 (one)

i’ve heard bells                   (voice)

i’ve seen saints                   (that moves)

in their robes                      (one sound)

i’ve had the noise               (ice)

i’ve had the flashes             (on sand)

i’ve seen the bodies            (blood)

on the ropes                       (coagulates)

i’ve seen the band              (rhythm)

rows of hands                    (is on)

skin and bones                   (child)

humble drones                   (in me)

i’ve seen the king               (white)

i’ve seen the queen            (as a lilly of the valley)

i’ve banged the drums        (scarf)

i’ve drank the blood           (on the staircase where she hung)

i’ve been in water               (black)

i’ve been in sand                (it comes)

i sank and swam                (at night)

binge and purge                 (when i’m out of my body)

i’ve been in air                   (one)

i’ve seen them stare           (is the name)

i’ve bent the space            (of the wholeness)

i’ve bent the time              (in me)

i’ve seen the cities            (from there)

underground                    (no return)

i’ve seen the cities            (no one)

underground                    (to tell me)

and in the hole deep and dim

I FOUND HIM

from there

no return

no one to tell me

what is there

i climb

i climb

i climb

i climb

up

up

up

and up

Taken in Antwerp, Belgium, August 2011