Narcotic Revelations (Past Life Decadent)

by Paul Tristram / October 25th, 2020

… it was like that evening
at a ‘Wine & Speed’ party
… when I was busy arguing
with both a Pimp and a Dealer
about the folklore of
the Lithuanian cheese ‘Džiugas’
… and the seemingly obvious
pattern of severe toothache,
as a temporary ‘Karmic
Punishment’, for the
cowardly and unadventurous.
When, through a cloud of
Pembrokeshire hashish smoke
I glanced at the black & white
movie projected onto the wall
(Unheimliche Geschichten),
and caught those three seconds
of Anita Berber
as she arm-wriggles in dance
… “I fucking know her!”
I yelled…
(emotionally feeling my way)
“Only, it wasn’t in this Life.”
An ‘Image’, a ‘Tune’, a ‘Word’
… They’re Doorways,
and some ‘Memory Corridors’
are Portals back further
than your last Welcome Mat in.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ published by Close To The Bone Publishing is available to purchase right here Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, October 25th, 2020 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.