Mary Champion

Light illusions,
like magic
seem solid.
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I've thought so long about it,
trying hard to understand
the thrill that travels through me
any time I touch your hand.
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They say there's lots o' fishes in the deep blue sea,
so how come, when I'm fishing, I can't find no fish for me?
I spin my line and lay my bait,
but all I do is sit and wait.
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Well, the King of Rock'n'Roll
met the ancient Queen of Soul,
and she looked him in the eye,
and she said ‘You're just the guy.
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I haven't a reason to love you;
it's just that I do.
There's nobody nowhere that no way
can move me like you.
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There's something that it's hard to live without,
in face of all the tears and all the doubt.
There's something that I need, now,
like a junkie needs a fix.
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The beautiful people live in California
and the dutiful people live here.
I am one of the dutiful people,
everything that I do's insincere.
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I was down and I wanted to die.
‘Won't you let me? ' I started to cry,
when a voice in my head
said, ‘You're already dead,
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Oh, Doctor, I don't fit this life I'm in.
But I can't break away, cos that's a sin.
Help me accept a life without a goal.
Prescribe some pills to shrivel up my soul.
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1986
God don't dance the minuet, or listen to a fugue,
cos he's freaked out on Rock'n'Roll as synthesised by Moog.
You know he's into Rock and into Roll,
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There's a guy there who thinks he's the Devil,
he tries to act macho and bad,
but really he ain't that satanic
cos really he's lonesome and sad.
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The Cat said, ‘I have got nine lives
to get through this minefield.
I better get across in eight
if truth's to be revealed.'
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1975

Proud, pretentious primate, Man,
you think you hold the winning hand.
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Goddess

I knew everything there,
but no reason to care.
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I climbed so high
I touched the sky,
I reached the mountain top.
But where to now?
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Imagine a world
where 100 grammes of greens
had 500 killer calories,
while chocolate had three.
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Have you forgotten me?
Once we were that close.
But that was long ago.
Once I was the centre of your world.
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Go with the flow.
Go where the current takes you.
Now that you know,
be what your history makes you.
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One day I shall fly like a bird -
soaring on wings of white llight.
With effortless ease
I will glide as I please.
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So what's it supposed to be about?
Poetry I mean.
Should it seek to communicate?
Or should its meaning be obscure?
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