Mel From Melbourne - Music & Words

  Rum & Raison   A mystic meets someone Who doesn’t know THEY are too Who doesn't know THEMSELVES   She has a cynic for an ‘identical twin’ sister Now I’ve got no issue with Geminis Everyone is crazy these days   You’re just not allowed to start hitting out at me Coz ur drunk & high & got nothing better to do Or coz I don't make a move on 28 year olds, I'm 54 man! Or coz you don’t know urself   But of course she does hit out Filled with shadows, she boxes & hits hard There's only so many times I can diffuse things by making her laugh   As for the spectators People are deaf  these days & stupid No in-built bullshit detector Relying on one's phone to make major life decisions They half hear a stray word they think they know Make inferences that delight & reinforce their cynicism An older man & a younger woman Talking   But how much can any of us really SEE?!   Can...

  I need to be more careful (for Humanity)   Today was a better day Why not just leave it at that? Rather than circle back? It disturbs the flow I add a knot Like the earliest Chinese writing In string To remember for next time It begins Us monkeys are a strange breed “What does THIS do?” “What does THAT do?” We ask When we pick up a thread Making our own minds A war zone Or is it the war zone Making our own minds? In some countries You just pay a fine Like the Church pardoning the rich They say life is a bitch But they are just kids I wish to be rid Of holding onto evil In the process of making myself & feel good Knock on wood Many beloveds are dead I need to be more careful Bout what is said     Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.

  Watendlath Tarn   I’ve had a real breakthrough with English Listen to this for a place name Watendlath Tarn Man that’s an interesting name! Part of that is ancient Where is that from? Norse? Sounds almost Welsh? Scots? Who were the Angles? Tarn could be town Actually I don’t think so There’s no town there Was there once? I don’t know enough It could have been modernised In terms of spelling But the dl in it is neither German nor Saxon I don’t think Its root?   I like the name moon I like the name noon As in further back & then there’s the Celtic language Of Cornish & there’s the later midday But Watendlath Where the Bloomsbury painter Dora Carrington lived & died Man I know very little about this language My first language It’s so exciting! I feel like Big Kev (An Irish name Kevin) I need to learn more Not as in read one book A compendium (Latin) As Seamus or James cautioned: “Beware the...

 (For Paul) As usual I rushed. Bloody heck Aries! Anyway,… The Gordian knot will take time to discuss. I think that’s the point. It was a Phrygian knot  Tied to an ox cart & beyond anyone so far, at that time, to unravel Begging the question Does every knot have to be undone? The Phrygians were in a region which was in ancient Asian Türkiye. I think therefore they would be described as ancient Persians? You’d have to check the extent of the ancient Persian Empire So, Alexander of Macedon, Son of Phillip Know by many as Alexander the Great According to someone I spoke to He never ‘lost a battle’(?) Is this true? Another one to look up If he ‘never lost a battle’ Then how did he die? Or are the Hellenics trying to claim He never died? Wouldn’t put it past anyone  To think all sorts of shit Anyway, Alexander  Heard about the legend That anyone who could untie the complex knot The Gordian knot Would ‘rule all of Asia’ In short If that’s a good idea? Maybe A thumbnail...