ENFANTS TERRIBLES. ENFANTS TERRIBLES.
IN THEIR STRANGE WORLD OF ACTION IN IN ACTION
AS IN THE WAKING DREAM OF OPIUM EATERS
TO STAY BECALMED CAN BE AS DANGEROUS
AS TO ADVANCE AT BREAKNECK SPEED...Jean Cocteau
THE MUSIC'S SO LOUD IN THE CAB TO THE AIRPORT
THEY CAN BARELY HEAR THEMSELVES SPEAK
AND COMMUNICATE BY SQUEEZING HANDS AND STEALING GLANCES
EYES SHADED FROM THE NEON
'RAY BANS' IN HE DEPARTURE LOUNGE.
CHAMPAGNE CORKS AND CRYSTALS
FROM THE CHANDELIERS OF THE BEST AND THE WORST HOTELS IN EUROPE
SECRETED ABOUT THEIR PERSONS...
ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
CONTRABAND CASSETTES, SEA SHELLS ,CASTANETS
FISH PLATES, MAPS AND DATES
SILKEN SPANISH PARACHUTE CIRCA 1958...
ENFANTS TERRIBLES.
IN FULL FLIGHT ROMANTIC ROMANIES
GYPSIES BY CHANCE AND BY CHOICE
SNATCHERS UP AND MAGPIES BY NATURE
PETTY THIEVING IT AROUND THE WORLD..
ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
SEE THEM IN THE TREES-
HIDING IN THE LEAVES
SEE THEM IN THE SHADOWS-
KNIVES BETWEEN THEIR TEETHES
CATCH THEM IN THE TWILIGHT, AFTER DARK
PLAYING ARABS IN THE PARK.
TEENAGE VIGILANTES GOING ON A SPREE
CRUCIFYING JUDEX- PHANTOMAS FOR ME!
SULTANS AND SULTANAS, PICNICS BY THE SEA
PASHAS IN PYJAMAS THEY LEAP AND LAUGH AND FLEE...
FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON WITH SUNLIGHT IN THEIR EYES
THEY SLEEP ON FRAGRANT PILLOWS AND DREAM THEMSELVES THE HEROES
WAKING WITH POETIC HEADACHES, HUNTING WITH BOW AND ARROW
FOR WORDS TO CHILL THE MARROW..
NEVER KNOW THE REASON WHY
SWEET COLLUSION, ALIBI
CATCHING BIRDS OF PARADISE- BAKE THEM UP INTO A PIE...
CULTIVATING ARTIFICE, PRACTISING THE BLACK ARTS OF TECHNOLOGY
THEY ROB THE CHAMBERS OF THE POPPY DREAMS
SMUGGLE FRAGMENTS OF VOICE AND SOUND-
IMAGE-MUSIC-TEXT-
A RARE AND MOST PERILOUS CARGO...
ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES ENFANTS TERRIBLES
SO HERE THEY ARE SAFE BY THE SEA
IT DOES'NT MEAN THAT MUCH TO ME
THE OCEAN BEARS NO MESSAGE
BUT ON THE BEACH- WHY ON THE BEACH!
ON THE BEACH
THERE'S RAYS THAT BLEACH
AND SIGNS THAT PREACH
BOARDS AND BOGANS
FLAGS AND SLOGANS
PEG-LEG SEAGULLS
LAST NIGHTS NEEDLES
DESIGNER BEAGLES
SPUME-FLECKED,
FLOT AND JET,
FAST FOOD FOR NEW THOUGHTS
JUNK-MAIL FROM THE NOZONE....
AAH...BUT ARE THEY HAPPY?
YOU MUST EXCUSE- THEY SUFFER LEAST
WHO SUFFER WHAT THEY CHOOSE!