PICASA MADRIGALS, PAINKILLER PANTING & BOLTED BONES

PICASA MADRIGALS, WEIRD PRAYER & FEVER DREAM

2018 OFFCUT POPS 3

NO CHOICES

hes gone

where they all go

when they go

see you there

why not
    why not 
        why not ?



SMELLS ME DIESEL

the
cat
manages to make
a
noise just like
hydraulic brakes

& my memory
smells me diesel
in overseas snow

till he farts
like an arsehole

blocked drain now
after heavy rain

& pa gets out
the dyno rods again



ENGLISH CAFE BLUES

in
the
cafe

queues
just
me

its english theyre speaking
but its not english i hear

he NEEDS coffee
they say
they laugh

i am a thousand miles away

my mind made
of cushions

& unable to explain

~

i sit-

well its a controlled collapse

& the view is exactly arse height 

&
i
wonder
what
regular secrets
all those under-grundies
have
seen

its a grundy parade
by the calendar stand

& i write it down

now this english im writing
is english i understand

a grundy parade
& mr calendar man

it makes sense on paper
if anywhere can

from flickr.com

HIGH STREET POPS 1

198?

id window shop
for
parker pens & pentel pencils

id mumble 
in the chemist
for contraband

&
the library there
well id almost read it

back in the 
i-think-i-dont-care days
of 
chinos
electro
&
the 
i-dont-know
i-dont-know
let-me-be
ghost in the machine 
machine gun dreams



TODDLER GOT CROWS FEET

in velcro trainers 
cos cant do laces
the weathered kids
with adult faces 

tail
the 
hollywood shades & patterned nails
on 
on barbie mums & rejigged maids

to the hairdressers
down on grover way



TOO HUNGRY

cable tied
to the morrisons
car 
park 
handrails

are cellophane wrapped bouquets

there for the glue-sniffing kids 
gone
gone
away

too hungry
for cheap happy
one sad day

from manchestereveningnews.co.uk

ARACHNIPHIBIA

CAT ON A COLD FELT ROOF

2018 OFFCUTS POPS 2

PULP POP 

she floozed
&
he
left-

jails tougher
than
it used to be
&
he knows hes 
no spring chicken
no more

&
the
third
motel room occupant 
told a bad joke
with
his last breath



STOMACH CALLING

the 
strange orchestra
of
wet
belly
sounds

lends a gravity
to
the
post lunch

afternoon
nap nap
dearth



CANT MOVE 2

shadow of a bird
on a sunlit
bedroom curtain

looks like a fighter plane 
silent & falling

when i
cant move
cant move
cant move

from skhikoku-np.co.jp

2018 OFFCUT POPS 1

KEYHOLES

&
thru
the
spyhole
keyholes

when
i
glazzy
a
sneak
look

theres sparse
electric sparks

dancing like 
everyones watching

metaphorically i mean
i mean i got to make the most of it
havent i ?

these
glimpses
all
i
got


STRUGGLE & SMILE

smile thru
the
sandpaper & silk

that hide
the tumors

radical & wicked
a sweet villain
&
unpromised partner

for
three score & ten



COUNCIL OFFICE SIGN

register
register
give
give
give
have

manage
apply
report

body consumed
in moonlight

i made the last one up

its so DRY in here
under
the
council office sign

from bevanfoundation.org

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PICASA MADRIGALS, DAY & DO

PICASA MADRIGALS, SHAMPOO / SPACE

PICASA MADRIGALS, FAMOUS RIVER / PANEL BEATER

PICASA MADRIGALS, RUM DIARY / TV EYE