Flit
Instructions for disappearing
You must first make movement an inevitability.
You wear motion as a helix,
A controlled, coiling, corkscrew of deliberate intent and fear.
Restrained, reactive and bent to hear whatever the wind whispers
To only you. It’s always, ever, only you.
As soon as the day is folded,
Pack your quiet wife, your children, your chattels and leave.
Head west and cling to the carmine, sinking sun.
At night, the end is a new beginning, you say.
They say nothing. It’s always, ever, only you.
Once you leave, you say the past is erased,
Fresh starts, new friends and a better resolution.
But you’ve already left the next place, your leg tensed and twitching
Ready to react to the wind whisper
They can't hear. It’s always, ever, only you.
They are left behind in a never-ending lack of resolution,
An uncoiling helix, their broken spiral.
You left them long ago. It’s always, ever, only you.
About the Creator
Ian Vince
Erstwhile non-fiction author, ghost & freelance writer for others, finally submitting work that floats my own boat, does my own thing. I'll deal with it if you can.
Top Writer in Humo(u)r.
'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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