fever wind

This wind blow hot
mother, father

this wind blow cold
so cold it will freeze you

freeze your nerves
so you’ll never grow old
freeze your heart
so you’ll never feel cold

fever wind singing: sunshine & moonshine
dry out your bones

this wind blow cold
brother, sister
wind blow hot
so hot it will burn you

burn your nostrils
so you can’t smell burning
burn your heart
so you can’t feel a thing

this fever-wind singing brother, sister
fever-wind singing sunshine & moonshine dry off your hands








fever-wind
is a house on fire
fever-wind
is a ten ton truck
fever-wind
a compulsive liar
fever-wind
is your good luck


fever-wind
is a god in the tree tops
fever-wind
is a prisoner on the run
fever-wind
is a word in your ear
fever-wind
is a guy with a gun



fever-wind talks
& you cant quite catch it
fever-wind laughs
& you don’t know why
fever-wind turns up
when you least expect it
fever-wind opposite
catching your eye


this wind has fallen grandfather
the wind has dropped
there is no sound grandmother
take it easy


people will pay good money for a taste of the wind
it brings pictures loaded with savage flowers
carries a cargo of animals & talking birds
when the fever-wind blows
people collect together
& try to catch it from each other’s mouths
we will pay good money
for a dose of it


the men wear their brightest dresses
they look like flowers
the women talk like animals
the wind blows in & out of their mouths
the bright tongue of fever
eyes, mouths
white with it


when the fever-wind blows
our tongues become wild blue birds
when the wind blows
trees grow in our mouths
voices
yellow & red
sing through the windows
of broken houses