Page 10 ______ _______ Focus_______ ___________ j o d i a n i » © b w r W f t April 21,1999 l\L\tioru\1 P o e try M o n th Two lands A trace of tree By Anushka Shenoy By Tracy Tree in this peaceful place. There are two lands held together by only a rickety bridge. Please, not now, please not yet. A land of pink girlhood, full of white roses, so petite, a land so innocent and sweet. I am not strong enough to pull through. On the other side lies the land of womanhood, full of black magic, and covered in a red fog. It holds you, chokes you, and you cannot escape. But you are pushed onto the bridge. Hurricanes roar, storms galore. There is no hard ground: You are forced ahead. You are pushed on to the bridge. There is nowhere to go, but on and on, and on through the everblackening blackness. Wait! You cry I am not ready yet. I still belong here, To be passionately aware me. O f each magic moment; With nare a trace of self Thereby, rem aining in a My im ag in in g s are not doubt constant wasted I trust this mystery com State of bliss, in Discovery. pretending to know what I crave or condemn. pletely. M ystery weaves me, u n I surrender my thoughts, My imagries are the wings ravels me my tiny tunnel vision. which rock me to and fro I hear not pathetic fears, adventure, to home, again Weaves me again. my hopeless hopes. and again. We dance, it bites and ex Vigilant am I at the gate I feel a kindred spirit cites of thought; to the little Aspen tree; A llow ing n o t, longings too wild to fear, too inno me...save and aversions cent to bow, To notice this moment. To creep unnoticed into trembling in the cradle of All the way to the land of the red fog. a sk in g n o th in g of Mystery. T ire d o f beino Sick and Tired... ■ & 1 _■ imaginings. I am a simple tree, simply - By Savon Lindsay Scream ...” for his next hit...! N oth in g but a n d th e n c a m e th e so u p -lin es, th e d irt and horrible, W hether you ’re a G angster horrible, incredible pain...! Feverish shakes, bowels ache and creeping, crawling veins. A n d now it’s about h o m i cid e or suicide! A n d round about now, you A Spiritual D eath , w ould-be Ho! or Sports H ero, that D o p e - thang w ill take A lco h o l... you D ea d to your D oom ...! Twenty-four-seven, A n d give your b roth around th e clock...! ers and sisters your Love, L ik e th e w a lk in g - d e a d , Strength an d H op e... cestu ou s rock ‘i t ’s L ife o r D e a th ' a n d n oth in g in betw een; and the reality o f things are but h e’ll get you too...to say THE DEBBIE HASTINGS BAND TERRY ROBB-ALBERT REM ( SHEILA W IUSHM M tUHK TRIO A n d rem em ber w hat G o d said...! th a t F a ith w it h o u t W orks is D ea d , so just blow n away Dream s... the least... S o ju st say; N o p e to Dope...! p ossessed by a drug, som e the Feast... A n d w e can have a ‘Bet m o n ey o n the Spoon...’ searching, lurking for that in K ing H eroin , the Beast o f But it’s a N ew Day, YA11! Ball w ith o u t D ru g s and n oth in g like it in the world: call crack others call it girl. grim e; an d it was thang, tim e after tim e... w ou ld n ’t care if your M am a died... AL BALLROOM WELCOMES BLUES LEGEND alw a y s th e sa m e o le or T e a c h e r ...P r e a c h e r THECRY com e H e ll or H ighw ater...L ive or Die! nysTAL BAURQON im w c ïjg î w h e n y o u r e a lly g et R esid u e For to o m any years, T ired , o f b ein g Sick and a rock or two...! you u sed to live and lived Tired! A n d the m ore you sm oked, the less you knew , on h an d s and k n ees crawl ing for a cib b le or a bit, and a “Dopefiend’s to use; sm oked crack cocain e, shot d o p e in your vein s an d drank p len ty o f B ooze, T ired, o f b e in g S ic k and Tired! T ir e d , o f b e in g S ick an d Tired! TICKETS AVAILABLE AT K5HN BARLEYCORNS MCMENAMINS __ ______ JOFRCI,OFBfWiQM BALLROOM TICKET--------- -------------------------------------------- WOPW t VCTW f ___ _ _ __ __ _____ . ____ _ CRYSTAL BALLROOM TKKET OFFICE AT 225-0047 THEN PRESSING ¿39 TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED ONLINE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT W W W M CMENAMINS C O M OR EMAIL US AT CRYSTAlBALLROOM®MINDSPRlNG C O M DAY O f SHOW TICKETS AT CRYSTAL BALLROOM TICKET OFFICE ONLY