CIPHER

when
asked
how i used to see myself
before the fuckery unfolded

i said - as a cipher

but not because 

i see myself as a cipher
but because 

i see myself
as someone who says cipher
when asked 

how they see themselves

by their exasperated
state therapist

SKY DIVER

imagine jumping off
your chosen high rise

& falling you notice how awesome it is
inside the exhilaration of free fall

& you think this is it

this is what was missing all along

& you realise too late

with regret & sorrow & love

surrounding you 

like cartoon birds

that you should have been 

a sky diver all along

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