Dada Is My Name

  Absurd is my name Absurd is my name, I sum up the world and if I wasn’t absurd then I would be. Sartre has breathed me, Camus knows me well, Beckett is a great friend of mine; it feels like I was born a Frenchman. Although other places in the world are much more myself whatever that means which is nothing. ‘Ma fiddle la la academic’ is a secret phrase, no, it isn’t not really, I just thought it. So join with me my friends, Laugh with the Absurd, Absurd is my name, Come and Hug Me Photo by Martin Jahr on Unsplash

  Power is my name Power is my name, please don’t corrupt me, although it may already be too late. I can be assertive and violent or wield myself silent giving great orders to all those below me. And there are many below me, according to me, they worship and kiss both my knees. You can turn me on to quicken your needs, I give life to your lights and washing machines. I love to be in charge stomping on stages proclaiming on large podiums or just spending my money so you do as I please. Give me more of myself, Get down on your knees, Power is my name, Look Up At Me! Photo by Jaanus Jagomägi on Unsplash

  River is my name River is my name, I flow like the Ganges, Holy and Sacred in me. I float to great seas, through countries and fields, people play in my body and on me. Swimming, Boating, and Fishing are three of my friends, although I do weep when my fish friends get hurt. Birds and Animals adore me, drink through my skin, that gets fed from above to hydrate me. I can be salty or fresh, stagnant, fast moving, shallow and deep, I am many. Amazon, the Nile, I am very famous, River is my name, Jump Inside Me And Come Out ‘A Changed Person’ Photo by Shandell Venegas on Unsplash

  Drink is my name Drink is my name, skull me down quickly or take lots of time and finesse me. I am many colours and tastes, usually enjoyed in cups, bottles, and vessels, I can quench your great thirst or sedate you. I didn’t say date you, but you can use me that way, have me for courage or as a great prop. You can even feed me dates and then put me inside you, which may or may not help loosen your bowels. One of my well-known nicknames is Champagne, or is it a mood? when I feel like sparkling and exploding outside into your glass to then go into your mouths. “Drink up!” they happily shout, “Oh Yes”, I reply, “I Do Feel Up!” and then everyone makes a toast in my name! I am many moods, can quicken or calm, I am a great liquid, Essential! So open me up, tilt your head back, lift me up high to your lips, open up wide, and imbibe me! Photo by Andrew Wong on Unsplash

Roof is my name Roof is my name, I can put one right over you, give you protection and shelter. Don’t hit me when you’re excited, although I like to be high up in peace, unmolested, well aired, and majestic! I’m connected to walls but I’m always above them, my outsides exposed to the world. I bear the burden of rain, hail, and snow, ferocious cold winds and burning hot suns, I get crapped on by birds, possums, and rats, but I cop everything like a Stoic. Sometimes I leak, which reminds me that I’m far from immortal, I can also be destroyed by disasters. Humans can burn me, typhoons and hurricanes can lift me clean off my body, my walls, but thankfully that doesn’t happen too often. When it does, the reverse lottery has been won and I’m lost, broken and/or disintegrated, but maybe my pieces will join to make something new? But enough melancholy, I’m proud and I’m strong, Roof is my name, Look Up, I Am With You Photo by Valentin Lacos...