Morphology first appeared to my knowledge on Kirk Lake's early 90s spoken word LP for Dreamy Records, Pictorial Memo. Sonic sounds aside that you will not hear here, I was always taken by the lines about our first steps on extinction's path... Lake' subsequent work includes critically acclaimed novels and screenplays, and many wonderful interventions about movies, particularly short films, for Outsideleft.
MORPHOLOGY
Lights explode
In his eye
Exotic Birds
Caught in flight
The moon assured
Behind the bedroom door
And you’ll never see him cry
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Evolution sets you on
Extinctions path
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Going one step forward
And five steps back
Mouth is dry
Lips are cracked
A glass of water
Is ocean wide
He raised his hand
The water splashed
His greasy pores drown in brine
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Evolution sets you on
Extinctions path
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Going one step forward
And five steps back
Strange to know
Afraid to ask
The blood drips red
but it dries black
The ceiling cracks
And the faith he lacks…
Watch it drift away like holy smoke
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Evolution sets you on
Extinctions path
First fish with lungs
First lizard with wings
Going one step forward
And five steps back
© Kirk Lake
