ALMOST ANIMAL

OLD MAN STREETS

arthur got a tan
jim says to him
who let you in ?
you indian !

~

should you let racism slide
if the man is 205
and
only thinks hes being funny
with jokes from 1950

in the 8 AM
quiet 
white 
cornershop
street ?

~

should i thank him 
for his national service
before
i
say
twat youre a twat jim
your choice of newspaper
makes me nervous ?

in the 8 AM
quiet
white
cornershop
street

~

(  i wonder
   is there anything more wonderful
   than an enlightened elder ? )

from rossendalefreepress.co.uk

UNDERNEATH THE THINGS OUTDOORS

UNDERNEATH THE THINGS INDOORS

MORE THOUGHT POPS

the great experiment
is off its rails 

off course

goal posts
warp and run
a lifetime away

~

hungry !  
but for what ?

says no Real Animal
ever

~

she wears a blonde wig
instead of goodbye

& goes off grid
with ease

~

worry about what to wear

to
go
shopping 

for clothes

~

leaders make the worst reality tv

in
the
very
many
layered
meanings

of that immense oxymoron

~

follow the tweets
from off a famous name

one hundred 
years
dead

~

look for the joy

look for the joy

look
for
the
joy

on tv ?

from culturedvultures.com

THE NIGHT HUNGRY SUFFER ON

hangovers mercury lurch
&
ultimate sickness

is
existential crisis

is
awful reality hd awareness
in 
horrible action live-feed


the day is 
too HERE
&
too GONE

in the same terrible endless moments

and
it 
wont
stop - youre thru the looking glass

and you know 
above all
that nothing here 
is yours
for the taking

from picturequotes.com

THOUGHT POPS

monsters rule
by 
physciatric consensus

when will out come the nephilim ?

they will crumble quickly
asking for uhu glue

~

gravity is a closed window

above us is sky 
space & forever

we ride 
a heavenly fedex
to where ?

~

knee jerk bombs
face saving missiles

90 dead before breakfast

cardiac bellies
sag on the third green

~

unspecial under bricks
nature is calling

forests & streams
fill my dreams

~

stretch out
in my wifi pod

assassinated pig
on cornershop bread

mind in a gone land

~

cornershop stale chat

i shall take my silence
as a hint
to leave

~

and for one precious moment

for one precious moment

one 
precious 
moment . . .

meh

from ign.com

HARD MEDIAN

live our lives out
on 
the
shoulders of our shoes

no mouth in our brains
us- lost in translation
    trapped by our own coup

so we swear ( fuck )

and throw up trust
like a dome tent

on a hard roads
hard median

from writeopinions.com

A PLAN OF FAITH AND DOUBT (IOW)

i shall maintain

i claim

mostly mostly sans complaint

only a little detained

a little cuffed and booked

by nights lament

i shall embrace pain

i claim

with only a monks intent

i shall remain contained

in a bump-bump heart unspent

most times unbent

mainly mainly content

and will refrain

shall be refraining

will have refrained

( mostly )

from doubts

function-creep ingrate

~

so i keep the faith

in the clock ruts

in the world-

His art installation

Our weird bunker

iow- chin up

tho this faith-

it must remain undefined

pledge-

to an easy Word

a vague Impression

is aok

malleable low mist iow

not falling far

nor undone much

by

the

fine print squint

from quotesgram.com

SUMMER 2

SUMMER 1

HELPLESS

oil prices rise
or falter - whatever

papers are filed
always - set your watch by them

and his coffee gets cold
and he needs to piss bad 

thinks
it
gives
him
an
edge - the tiny-world weirdo

and hes
helpless
helpless
helpless

on this dirty jem spiral
whirling and twisting 
thru 
s p a c e 

to

        r
w    e      e   ?
   h

from lauramaligne.deviantart.com

NOT POSH ENOUGH

PEAK OF CIVILISATION

a bath
a shower
a sink flurry

cleans away
the
psychotic furring
of
imaginary stain

from
off
my
ghosts
meat pile housing

~

peak of civilisation- 
to
wallow and dilute
blood
by-product
toxins
in wet ceremony

both
reluctant and keen 
to wave our waste
goodbye

from healthyshowers.weebly.com

ITS ONLY NATURAL

us-
tempted
seduced
blindly reassured

to imagine-see fates glove
reach  hold  control

the freestyle hiccup
happenstance hazards

~

us-
squint-glance in the rear view
see
dangerous
hard shoulder
manoeuvers

assign purpose assign blame
mammal pulse cooled 
by lizard brain

if our road ahead
maintains
familiar
expectation

~

only natural
to seek reason
as shelter 
from the storm

cos who will fight thunder ?

narrow application
shows busted logic

leaves bomb children
finished
early and reasonless
in the 
robot rain

pic from dronelife.com

TOILET POP OFFCUT

SPRINKLER

WINDOWSILL CAT

EVERYONES SKY

i live a thousand lives
and one

under one roof
if i must

but under
everyones sky

from lebanoninapicture.com

DEAD MANS TWEETS

APRIL SUN

in april sun
we are overdressed
in early morning caution

and the smell 
of all the green
warming up 
in the sunbites

is
junior school summer PMs again

when sub-innocence
and fear-sweat 
colluded in the cut grass
out on the hayfever fields

to 
herald 
forth 
The Strange

from ablecanopies.co.uk

AS DAY NOW

MOVIES RUSTY COOKIE CUTTER

movies fill holes
like tide coming in

hot woman
with a
hot man

cookie cutter heroes
lift up
mired boats again

hip beards
evil beards

required motion supplied

we all know an AK
by sight by now

a wilhelm scream
a howie long scream

a holiday sun 
beach with bar

the blue surf 
goes blood red


~

exaggeration
is
satisfaction

steampunk looking bomb
physicist gets one line

pointless twist
plot goes personal

all say-
never make it personal

a techno porn parade

~

rome

rogue dog

back story-
dont blink

every gun makes noise
when touched or moved

he follows orders
when it suits

hip beard shaved
cia like the look

evil beards stay

rogue dog shaves
has unholy practice

~

every tyre squeals
impossible on gravel

leather dufus
got keys
on neckchain

cover is marriage
no rehearsal
no trade craft

works without rings

stories in glass
are booze
in a bottle

revenge is trigger
revenge becomes work

impromptu party
drunk pratfalls

all stone cold sober
when alarm sounds

~

red-tailed hawk
castle thunder

canned dreams
for
canned dreamers

poirot looking beast
primes orion
ahead of schedule
with a nod

a goofy holler
a common loon

stealth is easy
with sound man
on your side

~

cliche is
sometime comfort

shes a goodie

shes a baddie

shes a good baddie

too deep

kill her off

no grey areas

cool watch
deep voice

mad dog meets new pup

crazy training
pays obvious dividend

~

everyone has 
a zippo to spare
come the arson scene

red trouser henchman
easy to follow
is no competition

sugar glass explodes
flag pole escape

local mob involved

veteran legend
meets mossad opposite

they compare
hip flasks

sniped-
only after
conversation

~

old wise man with beard
guides path patiently

menial help
surprise
with wisdom

tarzans jungle call
in cement landscape

venue always has room
for delta 1s 
chopper rough landing


a laughing kookaburra

nuclear bomb

under waves

detonates with
only wind

~

credits bring foreboding

i become bereft
on the sofa

bereft

we deserve a better song

but get
universal telephone ring

superhero landing

reaction shots
a shout- SHIT
on every 
traffic corner

from playz.sithari.com.au

PS

sequels hold 

inevitable disconnect

eg- die hard 2

is set in a world

where die hard

was never made

who wants to live there ?