all that remained were words

all that remained were words

recently performed.

this was written around the same time as 'the house' 

and is published in weekend pass [ An 11.59 Publication ].

all that remained were words [ extracts ]

by 

steve coel

cherry hearts and shattered love

drinking whiskey from broken cups

in unlit rooms

newspaper on feet

keeping cold out and infected mind in...


a closely cropped wild beard

borders your face

and your eyes sing

of lost love and addiction...


next day you are dead

burned alive

in bushes

by children

and all that remains

are your words

1 - 2 - 3 - you can't kill me!

weekend pass

steve coel

tough to write.

tough to perform.

as it should always be.


steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Enquiries: an 1159publication@gmail.com

The House

The House.

quite regularly, i get requests for copies of  performance 

pieces, samplers, gig recordings, pictures, posters 

and so forth.


the house was written way back when i lived in london 

as a response to many bad things happening at the time 

in bermondsey.


i'd strung together a series of ideas surrounding the 

changes being forced upon the community that had kept 

the area alive. 

money was moving in. 

real people were being shunted out. 


the shout was loud but few listened. 

but the people who listened were the people who mattered. 

to me.


the area now? closed doors. new history.


the house changes often, like it should. 

but today i still see the same thing happening over and over.

after a recent performance i received a request once again, 

for the house.

the house

by

steve coel

row after row after row

all completely empty.


once real people lived in them.

not now.

not anymore.


they're not nice houses.

the rooms are small, 

the stairs narrow,

and the walls

too thin.


tiny garden,

busy road,

busy and dangerous.


the house is cold, damp.

windows rot

water drips everywhere.

floorboards warp and sag.


the house is twenty years old.


[ from the fingers give lace [ 1997 ] - An 11.59 

Publication ]

house

steve coel

house

steve coel

The audience today is large. 

the shout, still loud, probably louder.


steve coel

An 11.59 Publication

Enqiries: an1159publication@gmail.com