8: Once Around the Butt of a Gun
The song features in Act V Scene II of Gunder Judd’s acclaimed play ‘The Seed Drill’.
Dreaming of a golden spiral
Revenge now oh so clear
I never harboured multi-virals
Or tethered stolen steer
From whence he came returneth he
The man with the empty smile
Too glad, too mad, uniquely free
Of rhythm, mood or guile
Hither and thither the apres ski
The laughter soon subsides
The moon remains key witness
To crimes of time and tide
Reckless not feckless
A bell that rings too keen
In the land of trade o’er reason
Is happiness obscene?
