Diplomacy by Cartography out of Geography
Space and sovereignty
present a map face
to the ageing world
Drop the ball you never get it back
Monkeys watch the river banks
and slow boats ply a trade
along the new tides
Demarcate, cut, remarcate, reform
Jokes and jibes are
turned into clouts
pigs and punches
Sovereign heads are split
The people believe
there is no plan
there is no map
The sea's path in moonlight
Horses in their stalls
they're off racing
the field is even
A city changes a memory
The people’s thunder
wonders if there’s
no going back.
© 2014 Rob Schackne
(Cartographers, you know, are all over the place.)
ReplyDeleteHave you listened to Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's "Monkey - Journey to the West"? No? The music from the stage production should do the trick.