tchotckes and scarves
morocco bizarre
pyrenees princess lay down with me
beneath the bethlehem star
eight miles high
lear jet window seat
turquoise sea bellow
einstein at the beach
darling, sleep with me
stone coast gold
bougainvillea eucalyptus
siren song
milk and honey
nectar of the gods
havana suite
gypsy castenet
tempest shadow
where man tis a wolf to man
she's a stranger in a strange land
creeping murder most fowl
calypso play it loud
bird of paradise
darling, sleep with me
tango all night
storm and rain
smoke and chains
read the belgium clock standing in the hall
once upon a time matryoshka dolls
rescued the tin soldier
solitaire
queen of hearts
lady chatelaine
walking through castle walls
she's supernatural
rising moon
shining lagoon
loch ness kingdom on the tiles
dungeon keyhole chesire smile
midnight pavilion
terrapin dancing round the mulberry garden
whisiper the willow wind call
where the magnolia grow tall
she's supernatural
cloak and scythe
shadow left behind
belladonna only to turn and find
she's supernatural
manhattan gallery
cosmopolitan armani
mirror on the wall
steppenwolf come to call
when times square strike twelve
she's supernatural
witness
she's supernatural
she's supernatural
born with a silver spoon
i've seen better days
when you come around
baby, it's lost and found
wasted time halcyon days
lonesome pagliacci clown
while they keep comin round
ferris wheel circus balloon
calliope what goes up must come down
sundown wasting time again
caatherine wheel silver balloon
aloha ayahuasca my friend
rolling stoned sausalito bay
ocean drive blues again
THE MYSTERY TALE OF LONDON'S JACK THE RIPPER
PREAMBLE 1636 CAPE WRAPTH THE HIGHLANDS SCOTLAND
Parth moorland grass and soil remained unspoiled; eroded
greensward since feudal reign of valiant norse crusade
100A.D.-1014. Beneath Highland sky, silhouetted stovepipe hat
mortician trek'd misty ledge till Isaac came upon granite
namesake henceforth the Ghost of Runnymede. Nearby, small
cultivated patch of outlying woods remained hidden a rusted
shovel. Gaunt, lean, hasidic reverend turned and ambled into
enveloping mist, resonant DADGAD bagpipes in C dorian requiem.
Side by side, one plot remained filled, one plot remained
shallow; The Seamstress and the Governor. The Governor cum
Street Lighter (Governor by day and street lighter by night).
Unlikely, their death dates a mere fortnite apart; the
Seamstress' date precedent. Erstwhile, a pair of cricket bats
of an abandoned one-room schoolhouse called the achiemore.
"There shall be danger in thou path," the Chelsea Gypsy
crows, "beware the ides of march."
OVERTURE 1892 CAVENDISH SQUARE LONDON
Sixteen damsel corpses; barbiturate dolls; luminous and
delicately preserved; an immaculate bevy of calendar models
and a quartet of patrons remained laden at Cavendish Square
boutique; collateral damage of the Governor's mad, hidden
obsession for Emily the Cavendish Square Seamstress; an
unwitting muse for the Governor's macabre doctrine of the
affections, a florid baroque pianola player-piano sonata in
C sharp whole tone emanated from the victrola.
Quiescent parsifal; a gallery of the Seamstress'
victorian garment sketches; an array of felt hats, gloves,
petticoats, stockings, shawls, bodices, bustles and feathered
bonnets; replete with blueprints for precise measurements
for each unwitting disciple remained scattered inside
southwark riverside warehouse.
"Elementary, masquerade twas Jack the Ripper," cackles
the Chelsea Gypsy, "measure for measure a stitch in time."
Erstwhile at balfour, shielings and street lighter bunkers,
the Governor's large cresset cattycornered to a row of smaller
cressets; handmade for three children.
Meantime, sporting bob-cut hairdo, doe-eyed, timid,
tight-lipped bookkeeper, Penny the Mod from surrey remained
busy-bee at inverness public record office.
Meantime, scotland yard chief inspector Barnaby, evasive
escort at devil's bluff remained renfrewshire sentry at glasgow
embassy hence wayward "sightseer" tour guide.
Meanstime, Timothy, myopic remained afflicted, polio
henceforth an street urchin. One wintry evening ten-year-old
red-headed Timothy took a nasty spill on wooden stilts.
Erstwhile, the SSeamstress' governess, Esmeralda the gadfly,
bundled the ginger Timothy, "...what with malice towatd none,
aye, with charity for all."
"High hopes," ebulllient charcoal smudged cheeks, Timothy
carols, nuzzles Aunt Izzy's dowdy layers of peasant woolen
muffler scarf, "we've got high hopes!"
"Yuleside greeting humbug," as Aunt Izzy suddenly absconds
with the Governor's heirloom faberge egg as they stawaway aboard
vast liverpool steamship; exclusive ticket to opulent grand
saloon; ballroom; dining. Langourous fantaisie-impromptu
composition in C melodic minor, exemplary performance by ship's
enticing acomplished music room pianist; the Seamstress' twin
sister, mellifluent hybrid songbird, Aliyah raised on
londontown's burgeoning denmark street. Transatlantic voyage
dock at hudson pier; embark the empire city; new amsterdam;
cloaked villain swiftly merger' a face in the crowd; event
horizon; alas, the new world shall be her oyster.
Decolletage; Aliyah's exquisite heartbeat pulsate from
within an enamel shall of the embezzled imperial trinket, behold
a precious commodity consumed by relentless passion' entr'acte.
in the secret garden
find a pleasure that will last
in the secret garden
find a treasure to shine
how many lovers have gone before
will they ever darken your door
brave like a jungle tiger
she's the patron saint of liars
tempest night tolling bell
love on the rocks
pirouette nightingale
covenant holy grail
ides of march cloak the willow wind
stallion valkyrie ride
follow the bloodhound trail
forsaken siren song
surrender memphis angel
she gets high
she gets high
she gets high
how many heroes have gone before
will they ever open your door
spinning wheel of fire
she's the patron saint of liars
Midnight lantern kerosene flame bale of hay tobacco road
the headless horseman rides ichabod crane thief in the night
pony express carry the news to garrett's farm
whisper sic semper tyrannis derringer invictus murder most foul
yet no one was saved one hundred years of solitude
and the soldier of fortune in a farewell to arms
he blew his mind out in a lonesome duluth barn
and when we head east we will find all the stars 'n' stripes capsized
lady of the lamp blinded by the light interstellar overdrive
gone like the wind riders on the storm time out of mind
home on the range master of war
heart of darkness guernica apocalypse
scarlett she's masked and anonymous like a ball and chain
in a simple twist of fate tumbleweed junction sutter's creek
fool's gold train robbery eureka
spend every grain of sand
black saddle bad company
horses run free horses run wild
sword and stone and stallion wishes
let's burn down the mission
chariot of fire fairground carousel
lazy riverboat gallows pole
antebellum stagecoach confederate manifesto bill of rights*
confederate inferno
wagon wheel spinning lovecraft time machine
tempest alchemy bats in the belfry
falstaff roll the stone water turns to wine river runs dry
purple sage in the sky
stranger in a strange land ulysses' last stand
home of the brave call of the wild
mustang GTO baby, let's make the great escape
coyote cry
yippie-yi-yo
yippie-yi-yay
yippie-yi-yo
yippie-yi-yay
in the secret garden
find a pleasure that will last
in the secret garden
find a treasure to shine
how many lovers have gone before
will they ever darken your door
brave like a jungle tiger
she's the patron saint of liars
lighthouse by the sea
stormy night
tolling bell
llove on the rocks
sound and fury
valkyrie ride
bloodhound trail
siren song
memphis angel
she gets high
she gets high
she gets high
how many heroes have gone before
will they ever open your door
spinning wheel of fire
she's the patron saint of liars
Midnight lantern kerosene flame bale of hay tobacco road
the headless horseman rides ichabod crane thief in the night
pony express carry the news to garrett's farm
whisper sic semper tyrannis derringer invictus murder most foul
yet no one was saved one hundred years of solitude
and the soldier of fortune in a farewell to arms
he blew his mind out in a lonesome duluth barn
and when we head east we will find all the stars 'n' stripes capsized
lady of the lamp blinded by the light interstellar overdrive
gone like the wind riders on the storm time out of mind
home on the range master of war burn down the mission
heart of darkness guernica apocalypse
scarlett she's masked and anonymous like a ball and chain
in a simple twist of fate tumbleweed junction sutter's mill
fool's gold train robbery eureka
spend every grain of sand
black saddle bad company
horses run free horses run wild
chariot of fire fairground carousel
lazy riverboat gallows pole
confederate manifesto antebellum inferno
wagon wheel spinning lovecraft time machine
falstaff roll the stone water turns to wine river runs dry
purple sage in the sky
stranger in a strange land ulysses' last stand
home of the brave call of the wild
mustang GTO baby, let's make the great escape
coyote cry
yippie-yi-yo
yippie-yi-yay
yippie-yi-yo
yippie-yi-yay
in the secret garden
find a pleasure that will last
in the secret garden
find a treasure to shine
how many lovers have gone before
will they ever darken your door
brave like a jungle tiger
she's the patron saint of liars
lighthouse by the sea
storm all night
love on the rocks
sister of mercy
she gets high
she gets high
she gets high
how many heroes have gone before
will they ever open your door
spinning wheel of fire
she's the patron saint of liars
Kid Sundance and Rambling Rose
living together bohemian rhapsody
a junction where love meets hello and goodbye
turn me on cactus remedy
ragged glory
lucky strike
muscle car GTO
at the whistle stop the Kid missed a blind turn
muscle shoals
dead man's curve
in the blink of an eye
pennies from heaven
up in smoke
like stardust I'm wasted
baby bring it on home
river runs dry
water turns to wine
falstaff roll the stone
purple sage in the sky
coyote cry
yippie-yi-o
yippie-yi-yay
yippie-yi-o
yippie-yi-yay