can you understand by Alistair Chong
some moon
in some space
between some stars
so far away
in some galaxy
darkness will explode
-Ricky Fitts, American Beauty
31.1.10
looking up
30.1.10
but it jsut won't go
other words by Alistair Chong
phone call
phone call
strange things to say
always in a moment
29.1.10
don't sleep
changing figures by Alistair Chong
there could be
some type of number
over and over
we watch
as figures change
they always do
28.1.10
dragon
sometime? by Alistair Chong
well
completely missed
the point
where red arose again
celebrating
in streets around the world
27.1.10
on and on they go
so much longer by Alistair Chong
willpower
not too strong
can they just disappear
to before i fell back
26.1.10
who knows why
Australia Day by Alistair Chong
no one knows
why we'd celebrate today
any occasion i guess
to pull out a drink
lie back
and smile
25.1.10
wills
getting lost by Alistair Chong
one number off
changes a history
changes what i read
hearing the off shore echoes
of warping time
24.1.10
23.1.10
originality died
copycat by Alistair Chong
a pile of a thousand pictures
all i can find
in a sea of the same
is one
you, don't give it in
one from a thousand
22.1.10
combination
any kind by Alistair Chong
find a word
break apart
and tenderly write
influence and intrigue
washing into a blue blue sea
21.1.10
KO
million by Alistair Chong
heat won't freeze
no cold front or breeze
not in a million
skies won't cloud
take us under shroud
not for a million
20.1.10
choicing
King Arthur by Alistair Chong
well i guess
a future decided
can never be
set in stone
there'll always be
King Arthur
to pull a sword out of stone
19.1.10
we'll guess so
thirsty earth by Alistair Chong
a song
down a grapevine
dripping
into earth
giving birth
drink it in, drink it in
18.1.10
there are some
in the air by Alistair Chong
mountains that climb
air that rises
heat washing off the sidewalk
do you know where you are
in a cloud
in the sky
swallowed by a sun
17.1.10
air
your place by Alistair Chong
a house
a place to escape
from a home
in a room
the same old kind of thing
16.1.10
could you save
built by Alistair Chong
if i built you
a statue
would it really bring some liberty
would it change your mind
at all
15.1.10
request
really now by Alistair Chong
fifteen to one
not many odds
on making a day again
well i'll take a guess one day
14.1.10
13.1.10
resolved
catching you by Alistair Chong
well here continues
a bit of continuity
something to go by
we're slowly slowly getting there
not too long
tracks will be followed
12.1.10
this is the
difference by Alistair Chong
at all
do we know
or even try to care
what a world
could be going through
does a difference happen
11.1.10
there we go
what i want by Alistair Chong
we are proud
of who we are
people
i am proud
of who i am
i will tell myself
10.1.10
zipping
faster than i thought by Alistair Chong
time moves faster than i thought
clouds move faster than i thought
i guess it's the wind
everything is gone
in the wind
she'll whisper in my ear
and be gone
no more
9.1.10
once upon
oh those days by Alistair Chong
five
fingers on a hand
we'll count
when we are children
when we were children
8.1.10
red shoes
pictures you could paint by Alistair Chong
so there could be
a picture we see
what does it mean to her
a girl in those
red shoes
7.1.10
6.1.10
5.1.10
capitals
time machines by Alistair Chong
time machine
would be a nice
nice way to see
why'd i waste my time
4.1.10
3.1.10
like the moon
night alone by Alistair Chong
an odd feeling
no one at this hour
to share with
i guess
i'll take it on my own
2.1.10
more i could
festives by Alistair Chong
back to work we go
not too bad at all
we'll see where i can be taken
1.1.10
happy new year
onward by Alistair Chong
i can look forward
and see
plenty of opportunity
no i won't regret
being full of regret
because i won't shy
this year
it's for my taking