All is fair
(Script from Soundscape, part of 'All is Fair' Performance, 2015.)
Everybody knows where it goes
when I pull your hair with my teeth
can’t chew away, have to admit defeat
raise the hands up to get close
I suppose once and for all
no lesson down here be learned
there’s a million skins and 1 voice never heard
a torrent you’re not allowed to install
The lies I am told, I want to hear
left leads to right ‘till next losing battle
the throne is just a bumping saddle
while power burps out some fear
if conquest means possession
the flag lands into the water
for that’s the core of the matter
I flow inside you like an infection
and you can choose to burn with fever
let my seed sink in deeper
spit and sweat shaping river
a full conversion to believer
or conduct a raid, a sudden bloodshed
burn the house with a bombing
leave the country by the morning
walking out without turning your head
either way the damage is done
the island looks at the sea around
as a courage that’s newly found
to gaze back up at the sun
there’s no it would be best to
for the sake of our freedom
nor obedience to the kingdom
to still the beat in the chest
no terror alert or news feed
market crash and crime rate
stop you from meeting fate
happiness the ultimate luxury need.
Entering the land of another
can be done with tongue and a thumb
jerking the pain ‘till it’s numb
like sucking the breast of a mother
you might force the access by surprise
tear the walls ignoring the cries
never mind if the protests arise
only domination gets the prize
claim advanced technology
slicker methods of persuasion
you’re on top of innovation
imposing culture as democracy
but when the hand is spread open wide
it feels as much as caresses
doubling the realm of the senses
forgetting who’s on which side
and certainly it is confusing
to meet your eyes in another face
beyond all gender and race
which name to give to this embrace.