Wednesday, 11 March 2026

MINUTIA




a week
is the systematic emptying
of two plastic dosettes

the church bells ringing
on a friday evening too soon

~

once i had committed 
to putting out the washing

i was anxiously watching 
the clouds for signs of rain

& i was reassured 
as much by their steady march east

as i was worried 
by their deep bruised hue









Tuesday, 10 March 2026

BICYCLE CARCASS




the street sweeper
is old as fortitude & roses
& dismounts her machine steed
& smokes & swears & stresses
over
another
mountain bike carcass
abandoned
in the precinct fountains
scuzzy puddle bed

~

i viddy her slog
from a bench outside Boots

wings in the tree
rats down the cracks

Costa cubby belching
steam punk sounds








Monday, 9 March 2026

HALFSIES DAY




now i havent
done the mathing
at all properly
but
around
about
now
i have spent a much time alive
in this century & millennia
as in the last

& i dont know what to do about it
so i am calling it Halfsies Day
& putting it here









Friday, 6 March 2026

ANNIHILATION OMNIBUS





all channels
all nets

into the annihilation omnibus
rode
the
eight billion

scientific sun
& atom tan

~

labubu pokemon & me
telling tall tales 
of VPNs & television
on the glass coast
of a boiling sea









Thursday, 5 March 2026

OVERHEARD IN MY NOTEBOOK




the whole Unfinished School thing

[he says 
 half on the nod
 in his retirement chair]

was an happenstance creation
& little to do with minimalism
but about running with the muse  

[he makes finger pistols
 aiming nowhere particular]

think of it as a tactical reload
& a deadly allergy to the baroque

~

ossuary
ossuary
meat ossuary

notebook on my buffed canvas knee

the colour the woods 
look at night
in the light 
of mad yellow flames