Razzle Dazzle Cabaret
Arse Bow
or tits? or stern?
Razzle Dazzle
Am I coming
or going starboard
to port? Or port to starboard?
Am I One
OR MOREMOREMORE?
Wherever I cause a come on
I go waves but is it
or a cold shoulder?
Am I FAST? Or retiring?
Are you bedazzled? Confused?
Is my zig my zag? My flim my flam?
Razzle Dazzle
Unreliable gal
A tart with the changeable weather of the heart
Is that me or the sea?
Invisible in plain sight
Hocus pocus Camoufleur
I’m flamming my flim. Zagging my zig.
Razzle Dazzle
But don’t you prefer it to Haze Grey?
This poem appears in the anthology 'Signal' (published by the Edinburgh Arts Festival, 2016) to celebrate the anniversary of the World War 1 'Dazzle'camoflaged ships painted in Leith Docks after the loss of life during the Battle of Jutland.
Stephanie Green