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Siouxsie and the Banshees
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
Gustave Klimt, The Kiss, 1907-08 (detail)
FROM ‘MARA, MARIETTA’
Part Nine Chapter 10
‘A Kiss in the Dreamhouse’: Tall in black jeans and a Siouxsie and the Banshees T-shirt, Joaquín steps up to shake your hand. Bravado and shyness, swagger and finesse, mingle in his attitude.
Gustave Klimt,
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907 (detail)
CASCADE
Siouxsie and the Banshees
CASCADE
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Oh the air was shining
Shining like a wedding ring
Barbed like sex
I felt ten thousand volts
My chest was full of eels
Pushing through my usual skin
I opened up new wounds
Pouting, shouting
Oh love, like liquid falling
Falling in cascades
Oh lovelorn victims
Laughing in cascades
The sun was rich
Rich with song of sin
My breath melted my words
Into strange alphabets
Tormenting my tongue
Pouting, shouting
Oh love, like liquid falling
Falling in cascades
Oh lovelorn victims
Laughing in cascades
The heartbeats were echoing
Echoing the revolver
Emptying into my mouth
I pulled a face from my pocket
And smiled a leper’s grin
I felt somebody close
Pouting, shouting
Oh love, like liquid falling
Falling in cascades
Oh lovelorn victims
Laughing in cascades
Photo: Anton Corbijn, 1982
Photo: Pierre Terrasson, 1986
GREEN FINGERS
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Hibiscus head in a flower bed
A finger hewn, planted and sewn
Oh magic in her hands
She could make anything grow
Oh magic in her hands
She had green fingers
It’s curious where the animals don’t go
Mandrake rooted deep into the soil
Where the sun won’t fall but it flourishes
See the pretty maids all in a row
Magic in her hands
She could make anything grow
Oh magic in her hands
She had green fingers
It’s reaching and groping
A clammy handshake clawing the ivy
Crawling the tightrope along the lattice work
With this hand I thee wed
With this hand I thee bed
With this hand I…