Mel From Melbourne - Music & Words

  T-shirt (after Peter Tosh) I’m thinking of printing a tshirt saying either “anti-politics” but really what I’m talking about is “anti-politricks” the word “ideology” was first used in France in 1796, (not that long ago), 7 years after the First French Revolution meaning ‘system of ideas’ turned pejorative by the tyrant & warmonger Napoleon Bonparte Maybe my tshirt should read “non-ideological” Or maybe even better  in positive language honesty/intimacy? Because anyone who’s read my writings knows my hinge of the intimate/infinite xx Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.

  Poem did someone whisper a truth? to set off that alarm? Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.

  Scorcese’s Bob Dylan   The question is about truth over justice But is justice true Is truth moral Or is it something else? Doesn’t feed the starving But makes for good poetry   A mathematician might say It’s about time     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.

  Cartel I won't tell Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.

  Love Missiles & ‘Crackdowns’   It’s a dream The guitar Love on the breeze I hear it with my 3 rd ear- temple Comin in Emma Donovan sings “Love without limit” So yeah   & then half an hour passed & my mind caught up & I thought fuck! I’ve started believing my own hype & people have started approving of my personal habits How full of shit am I So I needed & howl in fellowship/understanding a hit of pure liquor & some shisha & quiet Admitted that like The world’s bombarded I too am living; Yes in solidarity & belief or rather resolve That eventually maybe in Thousands of years We’ll hang, draw & quarter The Cromwell blood drinkers & once more I returned To my siblings & found the Heaven inside Hell     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.

  So apparently I have to look at my masculinity Examine myself or something Man it’s hard enough living with myself 24/7 Let alone examining myself For who’s benefit? Humanity’s? Man what is Humanity? Look at what we do to one another Iran Syria Palestine Congo Sudan Terra Australis Nobility then? What like doit du seigneur? *     * “right of the lord” – in Feudal France, nobles had first rights with brides (usually virgins) over grooms.     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2026.