POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO EARTH Nos 6 & 7

6. PAIN

a hurt
of sore
agony

we assume
ends at death



7. MONEY

minimum wage
maximum wage

and all the rage in between

most ALL of it
most NONE of it

and all the rage in between

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POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO THE EARTH Nos 4 & 5

4. THE CLOUDS

like sheep
when sheep
hide their legs
and head

but
moving still
as 
if
blown on a wind



5. THE RAIN

like the shower*
but bigger

and outdoors
to
keep
the
animals** clean

pic from baarmychris.wordpress.com

* entry not yet available
** see entry No 8

THE COST OF EXPRESSION IS INCALCULABLE

i hear
a lot
about
people
saying
to
artists

is your art free ?

when dude think about it
its not even free to DO

~

stones leak
blood tears
mix with
cold sweats
warm salt

they run together 
like rust in rain
make a pattern 
like the mekong delta

on
my
fourteen acres 
of 
tsunami debris

rolled up and forced
into 
faulty thin skin -

       pretends to be 
        Lizard  Tough

     in a pigs ear !

and
a
never-white-again
supermarket vest

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POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO EARTH Nos 1, 2 & 3

1. THE SUN

its round
like a circle
is round

and
lit
up
like
gas mark 8



2. THE BARMAN

sometimes working
sometimes not



3. THE BATMAN

sometimes working
sometimes wayne

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I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF

flat drunk on north london rental lino thats bubbled and uneven and beer sticky

chicken shop and bottle shop are four feet away from the front door down the adverse camber of the stairs

we watch an empty jameson bottle roll down the incline of the double-aspect living rooms mistake

and the white stripes bacharach & david cover

of i just dont know what to do with myself is lodged in my frontal lobe

its my own hysterical itch dulled by the eternal st pancras construction drills

~

suddenly 

               inspired 

                        i get on myspace

   on music forums

            on fan pages

         on the detroit personals

strongly urging the white stripes to next cover 

      the cheers theme song 

     to please 

        please 

      cover 

  the cheers theme song 

  

   because i can already hear it 

       like you already made it

its my own hysterical itch dulled by the hangover trains and signing on

~

15 or whatever years later still they havent but still i can still hear it still

have to go to third man myself

will take cliff

he can tell me about his nixon potato and i can explain my hysterical itch to him

on the way to nashville

from sitcomsonline.com

THE HAUNTED CHURCH OF SCHOOL DAY MYTH

AUTUMN CASUALTY

THE SPECTRE OF REPITITION

RED ALERT

at risk now
of repetition

i am a loop of snakes

cookie cutter
figure eights

in 
the 
urban vines 
jungle overlap 
shadow
confusion




PLUS UNACTION

at risk now
of 
climbing down now

the 

rabbit 
        o
      h oo e
         l 

of 
butthole 
inspection
experimentation . . .

coding truth
into
reflection questions




EQUALS THIS

knew york w/ tie chee
cheech ( chong )
cheese

oh cheese

tho art 
undangerous & delicious rot

then medals hammer
unglamour caboose 
carbonite flat

& lego IRA melt in misfire
@
revisionisms funeral -

well the wake feels full
fulfilled
filed

like papers & / or teeth

so
lucasfilm
is
disney exocet
disney exocet
vs
the  pixar scud

& again 1

potato caboose 0

from ce-review.org

MATTE FINISH

can i really

pluck
my
future
from
a
sky
identical to itself ?

i both thrive and rot
in ancestors earthy shadow

maybe
its
not
my
dreams
i dream at night

and the possibilities
that begin there . . .

need a matte finish
no bling necessary

take the fake sparkle
from the lying stars

they promise nothing and everything

daft distances away

from 
earths 
blue 
lidless lid

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HABIT OF THE BILLS

the morning
RINGS 
with bells & birds

nights sweet undeath

r
e
d
u
c
e
d

to a
sepia wash

before you done your teeth

~

in bandit masks

calling gulls

attend 
the rag & bone man van

& crows
report homicides

too late

on
the
tv
spines

tickling the sky

round the cemeterys
bloodless
basin 

~

sacred pervs & empty reels
land sharks & electric meat

clock in 
freak out  

slow cooked
to collapse

in
the
habit
of the time thief bills

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BLAMELESS MORNING

the morning 
wakes indifferent

NOTHING is its fault

passive aggressive masterclass
amps the horror

to impress
its 
gone dark twin

~

it just IS
morning is

there like an uncut lawn

& it dares you 
to violate parole
& claim different

as
you
dress
to
leave

the warmest bed behind you

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THE BODY LANGUAGE OF THE OTHER DRUMMERS

they lean forward
in that way they have

and you have to lean in
to hear their words

and they always look away
in that way they have

those people do
who arent entirely here

from tribute.ca

SPECTACLE FREE ZONE

SANS GLASSES

CAN OF HEINEKEN INK

from wallpapercave.com

THAT LAUGH

come get me
says the day
in latin

i take a deep breath 
i nod ok yes ok 

but 
glance 
behind 
me

like you do you know

&
realise
its 
not 
talking to me

& then i hear that laugh

from cafepress.com

SCHOOL NIGHT CHILDHOOD DIAGRAM

the smell of chlorine 

your locker key 
on a safety pin

and another torn 
verruca sock 

~

swimming pool hair
still wet 
in car park dark

clutch a small treat
from
the
new
vending
machine

that backlit shining sugar cave

~

gold cortina 1.6 gl

vinyl roof

drives
us
home

inside winters
longest nights 

~

butter melting
into crumpet holes

and peter davidsons wearing cricket whites

on tv 
in dr who

inexplicably 
unarmed
again

banehuntress.co.uk

INSOMNIAS IGNORED WHITE FLAG

i chase sleep

wait to feel the pull
from the other side

i wave a white flag of surrender

i am never first in the queue

let me in
let me in
let me in

i am as unarmed as i get
i am going stale here

like bread out for birds

~

on the rabbit hole lintel
unswallowed
i pretend to sleep

who will know ?

the night 
thats who

the night

from inkslingerblog.wordpress.com

AMISH OR TOMORROW

gibson

azimov

wells

star trek -

i may dream of the amish

but

i wake up in THEIR tomorrow

animal gps down

headlights on dim

cats

from pinterest.com

BATHROOM MOTH OH BATHROOM MOTH

INCOMPLETE SEASONAL FONT SUGGESTIONS

THE SQUEEZE MADRIGALS - BRAZIL 2

i listen to 

Squeeze sing
&
i watch the end of 

Brazil

maybe weeping 
almost learning

images from hunger
from Radio 1 & Moviedrome

how did they know me
so
well ?

from emoryfx.wordpress.com

THE SQUEEZE MADRIGALS - SECOND WIND

from movies.film-cine.com

and i AM that white knight 
battling romantic
in
such
Clapham sadness

look press
look pubic

a noble noble act 

~

brain pleading 
&
over ginned

done (they think)

in the 101 chair

&
i pray to the dust there
for
a
second
wind

gale force hellstorm
on
my
wish
list

from cinemacity.org