Chirpy Dirges

Extended Eulogy For Hussein Alasdair McGaw, 14

Same dervishjig some deadeye destiny
roundrocketed thru ricochet roles
of a magic bullet travelogue.
Dependable drifter pointblank Providence
segued along at a dev’lish jog:
Formentera Granada Cuba Bali.
Whatever the there, he rode his existdance 
as if itinerary of amor fati 
led, his dervishjig twinklekickin’ its own light fantastic 
drag ahead, like life was holygrail tincan 
for the sportive t’boot ingoodfaith, then chase 
for the thrill of the changeofplace,
a Terpsichorean tourbillon of tarian 
en un baile desenfrenado,
back and borth and forth and fack upon
some zarjaz zigzag or anygiven gazgiz,

whether at a Mexican airport loco and lowcost,
or by adulteressrockeried, petrolponded courtyards
of the Unitedarabemirates. Or ceilinglessly, deeply
overtheheadof Flat 1’s Mr.J.Seabirdesquire
(who was soulpusspuming sourpuss, poised partypooper,
prigmatic overreacturd regards subtle stomps
of midnight dervish shabbyslippered)
- O whirled wherever Wherever would dare!

It’s dancinman’s ihsan,
but his theocentrifuge sufi groove
was also dervish jig with olddocmartens on,
an agitbop example ratatattoetappin’ ‘pon
slumskin of Creation we've coverpriced profane!
Leftist footworked the thumps of a drumfire rappel,
pounding his path like Trot timpani telling
the downtrodden t’trespassdance
on the pates of their tramplers. Good turns

in the lead the dervish jigged are still unstill,
suffuse las callejuelas conocidas thruoutto
continents of chanceencounters, his revoligious 
warm zeal ripplin’ passim, circulating 
thr’all the inspiration that’s his spinoff.
Spans each 'ayn al qalb he gust 
the omphaloskeptic cataract off;
every hegemonyhobbled heelclicker 
the elan of the dervish hurled 
onto an emboldened backfoot out
of the 9-5 mulberrybush.
Each lifechance of his contacts
that was revivingly reshuffled, rewound and untied
by th’administrations of a bluearse angel,
who sufiboogied like a silkysmooth cyclone,
fiercely ferried best tidings of classwar thunder
and personalised mercyforthemany;
who met life the major millionminormidways way,
on infinite extra extramile wentoutofhisway.