Friday, 24 March 2023

OF VAGUE INTENT




i would go to st giles
& dig up milton
or what they left of him

& carry his blind bones
to parliament square garden
my caveats in a back pocket

& force areopagitica
thru an AI algo
& out a PA there

if i thought
it would
do any good






Thursday, 23 March 2023

EASY AS EASY PIE




late night wisdom
flings sundown ideas
underarm & gentle & legion 

& my poems spiral there
on the night air
into clever & relevant collections
organised by weather & emotion
& their estimated proximity 
to moving bodies of water

& the novels there 
feel only
bare finger taps away
all seemingly 
so simple 
as the easiest easy pie

xanax does that
its a cosy place to dream
holding hands
the night sounds coming in
easy 
as easy pie






Wednesday, 22 March 2023

FRAG 3



the windolened 
window smears 
are exposed 
in the naked & nothing noon
on the
window panes
of the
waiting room
at the drs
yesterday

like under a microscope
or steamed out with superglue 
on the forensic tv show

another palm print record 
of another killer joe








Tuesday, 21 March 2023

MY CONTRACT WITH SNACKS




it 
is 
the avatar of great sandwiches
& my contract with snacks & salt

that carries me thru the morning

to brunch
to lunch

&
to
the
hiatus ground
of afternoons
necessary rest


the strange dreams there
doubting reality & all








Monday, 20 March 2023

SOME BACKSTEP OBSERVATIONS




in the 
almost 
almost 
spring-fresh air
crows call 
intelligent & coded instruction
from the tv lines

& heavy leaves clog in the grate

~

the cement is darker  
like its been coloured in

& the chairs drip
drip drip drip

& bird seed sprouts in the feeders