FIRESEED

did i ever tell you where the name fireseed originated?
it's a funny little story
the term was coined by a guy i used to work with here in sk
a fellow who has been known to check into the aol on occasion
and even leave a little massage...
anyway this chap being a smoker
like others of his kind
routinely spent his breaks
puffing on a ciggy outside the building
where the walkie-talkied black-suited security sharks
lurked in the shallows
you see this forecourt area is where visitors get dropped off
where the posh limos draw up and spill out their high-powered execs
their vips
their company presidents
and their high profile politicos
so the security sharks are none too keen on loitering smokers
stubbing out their fags on the pavement
making the place look untidy
lowering the tone
ooh! they get a right haranguing for that!
the problem is
in the absence of proper ash-trays
what do ya do with your ciggy?
well this pal of mine finds a solution
there are these little trees growing in plant pots
so he furtively chucks his fag end in there to put it out
and hey presto!
this security dude comes running up flapping his arms about
'you can’t throw your cigarettes in there
danger! fireseeds!’
this being a kind of direct korean to english translation i believe
thus was coined the name of the band
who used to stride the boards of ‘freebird’ in hongdae
and thus was coined the identity of this here blogger!