MID-CENTURY TEAK TODAY

 

time has its feet up 

on the mid-century teak

all waiting chores

& delayed communiques 

treatment resistant dandruff

knows how i feel today

BY THE GROCERS ARTIFICIAL GRASS

 

parody of a grandmother

veg stall

cigarette

& angry about a hedgerows

suggestive topiary shape

since 1985

INSOMNIA ANGER CAVEAT

if
you

sleep easy & 

fast & 

long &
like a baby & 

like a log &
wake refreshed &

full of beans &
your yawns 

dont melt 

your face

in a weeping sinus flood

of tears & 

snot & 

dioxides & 

regret

dont let my
jealous hatred
give you
bad dreams

i am only relieved to know

it can just happen at all

UNFILED REPORT AUDIT

i have a 

folder of 

five hundred & ten
unfinished poems

& all it does is grow

i shall
attach them
to a chestnut tree

with cable ties & a canopy

&
decide 

after lunch 

that they are roses

ON THIS SPINNING ROCK OF TREES

dont
get
me
wrong

we ARE 

brewing up 

a Bad Storm
in a sports direct mug

but lets get over ourselves
& read the room

cos theres an elephant in here
burning