BREAKING NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS

Breaking news of Noah’s flood

For eyes that hear and ears that see

Is bound to break hearts

Even yours and mine from the distance

The night that fell defied your west and my east

Though night only for angels but a bite for the beast

Surprised by a wailing wind

On the shores of New Orleans

Soothsaying as an art

Is now the property of forecasters

Of rain and wind and flood

For rolling out the night

Beware Honey

Bells of night may ring again

To wake the sleepers of day

If only they can rise from sleep

I can hear your cry

The great wind brought it to me

In the middle of my sleep

Now a shrill from your bloodless bones

Like the cry here

Your voice bounces around my neighbourhood

And they regret that I regret

That I was so given and gone

If only I recall our last summer

Around the kissing gate

On another plate of love

The farewell only meant always present

It was good we tried to be good

Not promising the spacewalk

Or the catwalk for the eyes

That pop for the TV screen

But did Katrina steal you from me

In envy of the love song that put me to sleep

And you stood on top of a friendly roof

Still whispering my name with that song

Katrina might make a show of you

And grant you accolades for cinematic positions

From a culture of shows

But you will never ever shy away from love