Ode to Dali

Oh, don't you know?

Wouldn't you like to see the views thru my windows?

Wouldn't you like to see it thru my eyes for just one day?

Wouldn't you like to be another person for a while?

Oh, don't you know?

It would be so much fun

It would drive you insane

To try to retain you

while being me

You'd never want to live again

You'd drown in thoughts of suicide

to get the voices out of your mind

Oh, don't you know?

Wouldn't you like to jump into my dreams?

Wouldn't yo like to bathe in the vivid colors of my visions?

Oh, don't you know?

It would give you release

until you tensed up like a little child

"Let go!  Let go of me!" You'd cry

You'd run

But we would chase you

You'd run forever in the agonizing reality

that there is no escape

Oh, don't you know?

It's waiting for you

Everything I do will make you remember

Every piece of my art will drive you mad

with desire

with resistance

with a hunger that will envelop you

Oh, don't you know?

We'd have such a great time

I'm trying to find a way to show you

I'm trying to make you see

Wake up into my world!

And let me share my lunacy.

- April 6, 1985, A.D.