I SEE YOU

I SAW THE BURST MINDS OF MY GENERATION

i saw the burst minds of my generation

gurning on tumblr
in the macarena nights

saturating embolisms
in the hemorrhage dawn 

lobster boiled & heat-rash itching
in the benidorm buffet

locked down & coding
dreaming the boat-drinks dream

school shot & demobbed
cleaning hospitals
in a steroid rage

i saw the guest minds of my generation

constipated & dissipated
misappropriated & isolated 
bomb-alert evacuated
lost in the shooter-alert ring-road

doing their time
half graceful & full bombastic
unaware by design
in the meat hq b&b

from goodreads.com

GRAFFITI

I LEAVE

from tileideas.port-media.org

USING THE TOILET LIKE A LOSER

in the shower-

every time i think
of that interview 
madonna gave on the tv
where she said
pissing in the shower
is good for your feet
and anyone who doesnt
well theyre a liar

well in the shower-

i
can
never
relax those muscles now

cos i think of madge doing it
and she always squatting
and its so off

and
i
wonder
if
shes
doing it

right now

while i piss in the toilet
like a loser

from famousfemalecelebrities.blogspot.it

LITTLE CONTINUITY IN THE BAG OF ME

i
am
a
soft worn crinkled
leather duffle

underexposed polaroids inside

with
gum
gone
hard

~

we can build 
a patchwork movie
for laughs
if you like

of an xmas gone
of school day ghost haunts 
of bottle shops & off-peak bars

of dawn streets 
with the sweepers out
&
ignored knock knocks galore

if kosher continuity
dont bother 
your bated breath

&
your
4g
is wobbly
or 
down

from elizabethito.com

LINK BY LINK BY LOU REED BY THE SEA

i know
these halfpenny seconds
are
a chain
a chain
a chain

but / and / or

a software hologram
of a kitchen sink
in the quantum realm

~

wasted & drained 
i love & fear

that place
where the sea
does that thing

& nails itself
to the sky

~

i hear
lou reed 
sing stories

and i am . . . something

undone / made up 
loosened / rebuilt 

some kind of something
cos
lou reed
sang stories

~

link by 
link by 
link by 
link

attenborough voice over
anchors me
under white clouds-

kings 
above my pauper

& the sea
does that thing

& nails itself
to the sky

from pinterest

HUDSON LAMB IS INNOCENT by JOE ENGLAND

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Hudson Lamb Is Innocent

and other gems

East London Press

HOLLOW WHALES

lifetimes
spent
building

cold stone carcasses

control hq 101

~

insurance . . . just in case

timeshare 
for the dead

~

holy hollowed whales
dredged
from
the
sea
of
the
sky

wood benches
queue & face
a
bleeding likeness
of
nonviolent 
revolutionary

franchised

~

bells ring
high up
in the
neck bones

calling sundays 
desperate fiction

pic by matthew christopher

LEATHER FACE

whirling around
in a halo sunset

frustrated into
a mad ballet

engine fumes
hang there
in the highway dust

mask on
tie on

seven foot tall

pic from youtube.com

HARDER

from techcrunch.com

CONFORMING CAN BE COOL

doorstep charity mugger
shakes my hand
when i tell her
all the charities 
i given a bung to
online this week
out my paupers income

well done she says well done

and i tell her
i am just conforming
to my
low income
sick-note
white writer
home-in-the-day
liberal
compassionate 
demographic
and 
i would rather have ordered myself 
a fat bag of ritalin instead
but
who
can
trust
these
websites 
these
days ?
and anyway 
who needs the anxiety and bruxism ?

 

from dryarbrough.com

FACE THE FACTS AND ACT ?

mental asylum graffiti from photorator.com

POCAHONTAS

aurora borealis

the icy sky at night

paddles cut the water

in a long and hurried flight

from the white man

to the fields of green

and the homeland

we've never seen

Pocahontas

Neil Young sung by Johnny Cash

pic from avxhome.se

RIVER, BOATS, PUB, POWER STATION REMAINS AND A POLE

MUSIC, LETS HEAR IT FOR MUSIC

KEN BENOBI

there was a man i used to work with
looked like obi wan
if obi wan was five foot nothing
with pale navy tattoos
under the white pubes
foaming up his forearms

i called him ken benobi
but not on the 
Herald Of Free Enterprise 
disaster anniversary 
when he would go to the darkside

swearing about french lawyers
swearing about euro courts
gripping our arms for emphasis
with a grip like a vise

he would be in no mood 
for my nick names
and it definitely wasnt the day
for me to realise and comment
sixs week late
that his ken benobi 
beard was long gone 

from bbc.co.uk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_

Herald_of_Free_Enterprise

VHS HEAD

ISNT THE SUMMING UP OF A MANS LIFE A SORT OF PRAYER

REALITY IS THIN

OLD FRIEND SURPRISE VISIT

from amusingplanet.com

we chain smoke
dry buzzed
out packs of ten

Red Band
87p
rough

we strike our 
Happy Shopper matches
just to see them flare

dead end
weekday

TV blue light
leaks out
street-side
front rooms

~

up
the
climbing frame
in the park
we used to know

strange silence
grown-up children
left
behind

talk-chatting the deepness-
bout skys cool hug
nights epic shadow
god or not
&
our temporary meat hq

frosted yellow
bathroom windows
blink out
above
back fence
panels

~

too young then 
to NEED
a drink

so-
walking & talking

inside an evening
inside Proper Time

unexpectedly free
unarranged 
concrete ramble

dog walkers & the moon

catch our bluebirds 
out on the breeze

from fineartamerica.com

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