A FLAMBOYANCE OF FLAMINGOS
“A change fell upon all things. Strange brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been before. The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up, in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel. And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo hitherto unseen, with all gay glowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us. The golden and silver fish haunted the river.
- Edgar Allan Poe
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTxzmLyVFYY
MANFRED MANN – PRETTY FLAMINGO
Flaming June
Flamingos
orange sun
pink feather boas
and tutus swayed
lush green grass
where grasshoppers played
canopies of trees
Summer rain
buzzing bees
jungle cries
humidity
exotic flowers
cooling showers
drums and echoes
salamanders and geckos
giraffes and elephants
breathless now we pant
rhinos and anteaters
peppers and saltpetre
leopards and lions
monkeys and tigers
shadowy blurred and parallel lines
wonder where we were
some kind of dreamland
where worlds collide
where pink flamingos
and pink pigeons coincide
coexisting
we're just visiting
just passing through
hello; adieu
the rain keeps falling
the jungle's calling
don't want to leave
just want to believe
in magic and fairy dust
in all good things I trust
can't tear my gaze away
I just want to stay
I am spellbound
I want to be crowned
Princess of the jungle here
there is nothing for me to fear
I cannot get lost
not unless I want to
I don't count the cost
I will always believe in you
walking through the desert
brightly coloured birds
the noise can be deafening
my voice cannot be heard
it is suddenly hard to breathe
no moisture in the air
and then just as suddenly
it all disappeared
just as I feared
it would
just because
it could …
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A FLAMBOYANCE OF FLAMINGOS
“A change fell upon all things. Strange brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been before. The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up, in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel. And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo hitherto unseen, with all gay glowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us. The golden and silver fish haunted the river.
- Edgar Allan Poe
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTxzmLyVFYY
MANFRED MANN – PRETTY FLAMINGO
Flaming June
Flamingos
orange sun
pink feather boas
and tutus swayed
lush green grass
where grasshoppers played
canopies of trees
Summer rain
buzzing bees
jungle cries
humidity
exotic flowers
cooling showers
drums and echoes
salamanders and geckos
giraffes and elephants
breathless now we pant
rhinos and anteaters
peppers and saltpetre
leopards and lions
monkeys and tigers
shadowy blurred and parallel lines
wonder where we were
some kind of dreamland
where worlds collide
where pink flamingos
and pink pigeons coincide
coexisting
we're just visiting
just passing through
hello; adieu
the rain keeps falling
the jungle's calling
don't want to leave
just want to believe
in magic and fairy dust
in all good things I trust
can't tear my gaze away
I just want to stay
I am spellbound
I want to be crowned
Princess of the jungle here
there is nothing for me to fear
I cannot get lost
not unless I want to
I don't count the cost
I will always believe in you
walking through the desert
brightly coloured birds
the noise can be deafening
my voice cannot be heard
it is suddenly hard to breathe
no moisture in the air
and then just as suddenly
it all disappeared
just as I feared
it would
just because
it could …
- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author
Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission