RELIEF

that relief
when you write something

after not
being able to write anything

is up there
with the judge throwing your case out

& waking up
from those pregnancy dreams

LUDDITE

i am one 

unsupported proprietary tech away

from going
full luddite

& sleeping outside

in the cats places

& showering 

only if it rains

& roasting plundered veg

over deadfall timber

in a place amazon vans

could & would 

never ever 

come

GUTTER ROYALE

kitchen table

orange mug

winter fly

yellow thoughts

& you - 

a full-on adult 

& feeling it for once

are leaden & sodden

with

the 

horrible knowledge & mdf wisdom 

of your decades cheap stockades

gutter royale

moon & all

THE HEADY SMELL OF GLOSSY PLASTIC

was a flash of 

the essence of something

lasting as long as a spark would

ESP cologne  

barely nebulous  

in the living room air

& it was located

at my best guess

just east of the sofa

where the rug delineates

the international waters

of coffee table island

~

it delivered 

like scheduled mail

the heady smell of glossy plastic

of an action figures inky black legs 

& the sliver of sunlight 

silver white 

on a saturday morning staircase

& the momentary lightness 

of the absence of tension

like only a new toy could mask

NONE WILL BOTHER THE ACADEMY

if you ask me

whats the last good film 

i seen

well

some of these movies i watch
make me wonder
what am i doing with my life

the drug dealer from outer space
here for our endorphins
&
the priest thats a dinosaur
fighting the triads

&
the pentagon weaponising sharks now
& on the land too

but if cant write some pith

or paint my shapes & smears

this

is

where

i

land