Zorras version (from the EP “Doctor Says”, Minor Assault Records, 2012; music by Y. Josephine):
Tilt / Flip Transcript (acrostic / reverse acrostic)
[electric bass repeats 5 rhythmic notes with medium tempo; voice sings a wordless tune between sections]
Tilt
(she said)
“Better off bangin’ your head on that
lamppost than trying to
inject some humanity into an ugly
soddin’ fascist.”
She yelled this over a pint of ale,
ferociously fiddling with her
unkempt hair, licking those
lovely anarchist lips.
Times like that I lack all poetry.
I stutter and blush, feel
my body go lascivious, my brain
exit stage left. Some politics are that
sexy. “Hmmm,” I said, tongue buzzing.
[singing: “ba da da de da…”; voice sings cheerful yet soulful melody]
Flip
So after her place, I
emptied the recycling, brushed
my teeth, thought of England
in the way only a Scot can.
Then sleep and I sank into each other.
Loving her in my dream was easier,
unless you count the tentacles. But her
face lacked that pinched thing, her accent wasn’t
so posh. When she spread her many legs,
she said, “Love is the cure for colonialism.”
I laughed heartily, knowing
love had failed at ambitions far less lofty.
Before I woke up, she whispered, “Auld lang syne.”
(Auld lang syne.)
[singing: “ba da da de da…”]
[bass continues with fingers beating a rhythm on the neck of the instrument; stops suddenly]