BASE EIGHT NEIN TEN

BASE EIGHT NEIN TEN

bass
superstructure

caught you thumping
away on those four thick strings
heavy beat
too much in your face
with sound of supremacy
to be reggae

must be, well, death rock
gothic and nihilist nazi

so much hangs on
distinctions in rhythm, key
and music scale

I mean, total love and
total war,
mark a difference in style
but not commitment

and the blues is hardly
sanctified by stretching
out its themes a bit

wailing out to the
dark lords of the universe:
Cthulu and the other
loony luminaries in
the Lovecraft gang
to work
their unearthly magic
(neon lime green)
resurrect Totenkopf, brown
shirt, black shirt
and assorted Hitlers
(evil
always picking
the same side
to forestall
a different revolution)