POPLINGS FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE

 

the ground ! 

starved & bit & spiked & beat

detail for days

~

my reflection

dark in the glass of an unhung Klee

i dont even ponder it

~

in another dawn standoff

rogue turf

attritions

cement isobars

1965 NORTHEAST BLACKOUT

a song he wrote

inside the 1965

northeast blackout

has a lyric

i got locked

in my head today

like tinnitus

its a metronome 

of bumper stickers 

on the M25

& a work boot up 

a constipated arse

THE GUARDED EYES & THE BLOOD LUST

in these dim sum days 

of fascist exfoliation 

& robot football 

our optimism & hope 

& faith & nerves & sanity 

must make do with 

     relief

     when 

a second group 

of thin brained jingo-lords 

throw their temu newsboy caps 

in the liars ring

& split 

the 

vote
of the first

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