Dada Is My Name

  Grey Gray is my name Grey Gray is my name, 50 shades you just thought of, “the colour of truth”, according to my friend Andre Gide. People ignore me, preferring my colleagues, Black or White, although when Black and White come together, make love, they find me. They use me to describe weather, boredom and gloom, I show myself through clouds, ash, and smoke, I colour old people’s hair and then they’re described as ‘distinguished’. Many young people are afraid, ignore, or despise me, they can’t understand that I am not clear and are many, I keep away from extremes and know nothing. Although I am everywhere many people can’t, or choose not, to see me Grey Gray is my name, let go, relax, and you might find me… Photo by Jack Rains on Unsplash

  Hey is my name Hey is my name, don’t confuse me with Hay , “Hey you over there!” is what they shout at me. I can be rude and uncouth, according to some, but basically I’m just being blunt. I crave your attention or I want you to stop, I am bold and strong but I’m also nice enough to greet many people. “Hey you!” “Yes, I am!” I like to exclaim, “what a nice day to remind me!” “Hey Jude”, The Beatles sang, Loving my sound, my short-sharpened point that starts conversations. I’m used everywhere, I’m a great 3 letter word, Hey is my name, You Won’t Forget Me! Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

  Lake is my name Lake is my name, if you’re angry jump in me, swim through my depths, my cool ripples. Float on and move through me with your bodies and boats, stand-up paddle boards, canoes, kayaks. I can be murky but clear hiding fish, yabbies, and various creatures, all are my friends, they help make me. Walk or Run around my great length and width or just sit and stare to admire my beauty, I am the centre of attention in great cities and towns, Lake is my name, Get Naked, Embrace Me! Photo by Adam Vradenburg on Unsplash

  Nothing is my name Nothing is my name, it’s hard to describe me, it’s easier to say what I’m not. I’m not heard, touched, or seen, but maybe I am, because the material relies on me, needs Nothing. I’m likened to air, to space, to the void, but I am none of these things… things emerge from me to become a thing, some thing, any thing, every thing loves me and is me. So here I am, pretending to be something when I am nothing but that won’t ever stop you from seeking. I am everywhere and nowhere, elusive and vague, Nothing is my name, You Won’t Find Me Photo by Ilnur Kalimullin on Unsplash

  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