pulse.


"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart is just going to cave in."
-Ricky Fitts, American Beauty

31.1.10

looking up

can you understand by Alistair Chong

some moon
in some space
between some stars
so far away
in some galaxy
darkness will explode

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

not really much

observations by Alistair Chong

shelves
dust
doors
a lot of things
in a shop

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

luscious

tunneling by Alistair Chong

so maybe
some words
numbers
and ink
will shape the way the clock ticks

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

no walls

fish in an ocean by Alistair Chong

well
this feeling
i love it
anything anywhere
we can do it

6.1.10

kitten

well i guess by Alistair Chong

it was somewhere
out here
that i remember
a house
empty
inviting

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

semi

update by Alistair Chong

right til then
it'll eventually be
up to date
up for memories

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