Hopscotch in the road
Day after day
Morning gilds the skies
They send my friends away
To mansions cold and grey
Tic tac toe on the sidewalk
cuff you on the hand
Don’t set me free
My heart awakening cries
Just my Librium and me
And my EST makes three
Wooly buggers play chess
Queens, kings, no pawns
Day after day
The night becomes a day
They take some brain away
Then turn my face around
I sit with my funny friend inside of me
When from the heart we say
Hopscotch
Tic the tac and toe
Chess with no pieces
As I lie in my sanatorium
*Process notes:
I took the first three verses of a David Bowie song “All the madmen”
EST: expressed sequence tag is a short sub-sequence of a transcribed cDNA sequence
I also added an old German hymn:
“When morning gilds the skies”
Text: Katholisches Gesangbuch
Music: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896
Tune: LAUDES DOMINI, Meter: 666.666
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i really liked this pam, you hit rall's prompt deadon... i always did enjoy david bowie....
ReplyDeleteThanks for saying so.
ReplyDeletePamela
They didn't take any brain away from this piece.
ReplyDeleteLoved this Pam. Transcription of genes,David Bowie and German hymns. Now who could have come up with this?Sounds like someone who spent too long in academia.You have been writing a lot of scary poems lately.I am going to give a nice soft prompt next week...with the hope of daffodil responses:)
ReplyDeletePhew, purple hearts and hop scotch, 'just my librium and me' is a belting line!
ReplyDeleteStan,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. I enjoyed this prompt.
Pamela
Rall,
ReplyDeleteThanks for saying so. I felt the need to explain EST because it is part of David's song. He wrote that song about his mentally ill brother who died. Now as far as daffodil responses ... I don't think so right now. I am in a dark mood. But I could try ;)Thanks for a great prompt!
Pamela
Andy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comment.
Pamela
Hey Pamela, just to keep the party going, I dug this one out of my archive bloggage, it goes with the one I did for the prompt today and it's set in NY! Gordon Blue
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDeleteI just went and read your poem and I love it!
Pamela
That's one of my all time favorite Bowie songs, and I never knew what EST meant, so thank you! :). This was quite the cool little mix.
ReplyDeleteA sad mixture really, Barbara, but well blended.
ReplyDeleteFrancis,
ReplyDeleteThanks it is one of mine too. He wrote that song for his brother who died of schizophrenia. He is worried he will up getting the same disease.
Pamela
Derrick,
ReplyDeleteThanks for that and btw my name is Pamela.
Pamela
A million apologies, Pamela. I was obviously in a different world for the moment!!
ReplyDeleteAccepted!
ReplyDeletePamela
Whoa! to contrast images of an innocent (60s and 70s?) childhood with some of the burdens of adulthood, creates an scene that is vivid and close to home. I had another take on EST as one of the flavor-of-the-month human potential movements from an earlier time. But either way it works.
ReplyDeleteJDM,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. You are correct I was born in '57.
Pamela
not a huge Bowie fan...but appreciate what he did and does.....and you did really good with this Pam
ReplyDeleteWayne,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comment and I loved what you did with this prompt.
Pamela