POPS OF DUSK & NEWS

POEMS

should read them
if you write them

said the piano child

i read norse i said

in every autumns
carnival death



NEWS IS DUSK

putins pants
on back to front

or so it looks to me

theyre purple like night

purple like dusk falling

on
adequate
gas
supply



WOODEN MOON

sounds like
news headlines 
herald winters
nuclear dark

in
tom waits
left-over
gravel voice


DISAPPOINTED JOURNO

dylan in movie set caravan

interviewed - he portraits journo

for
his
own
fridge
door

from rollingstone.com

SANTA, JESUS & OTHER ANGELS

HOLIDAYS ARE COMING

beach body horror !

count now
our natural wrinklets

so what tho
so what

should we pack a scalpel ?

isnt life in the eyes
&
the free child inside . . .

~

& anyway
too soon 
coca cola truck
will 
come on the flat tube

like from heaven

beach memories
dialled down
to
a
rare winter zero

~

santas a pimp 
indulgent overweight
taking back the night

his
indentured beasts of burden
thoroughly trespass
on
your
eaves
shingle

&
jesus is jesus
pinned to a lolly stick
persecution thin



DEAD THIN

mouse-nibbling
between weigh-ins

aspirational angels
flash cadaver chic

sell smells
in faux art
movie shorts

sell 
impossible
dr dangerous 
slim 
thin
tomorrow



OTHER ANGELS

angels now
rot inside
from gin

avoided on the uptown stoop

that was something 
i read one summer

car-flat carrion
on
the buy-it-now streets

&
its
stayed
with
me

always only
three thoughts
away

from roofcalc.org

HOSPITAL VISIT

one diluted
november day

overnight b&e took
blue shards away

we wish
it was
15 years ago

~

we auto park
&
suck on ecigs

hunting for a hit / kick
under
the
carpark ceiling

low cement 
is 
tomb heavy 
concrete lid

~

bodies failing
we compare symptoms
compare drs shrugs

we get
half lost
in the
add-on up-down

wishing
it was
15 years ago

~

xmas sandwich
& 
yule log muffin

crowded
contactless  
costa 
concession

unfound tumors
wait
under
polyester 
& 
day-out art-museum scarves

~

phones struggle
to find bars
in
the
healing
walls

closed 
hermetic
eco system-

you could disappear into it here

wishing
it was
15 years ago

from southendhospitalradio.co.uk

DREAM STREETS

BIRDS, DONT THEY

CHILDHOOD MEMORY POP

i was allowed
down
the long thin garden path
of
row
house
58

& across the lane there
by myself

hand-me-downs
&
sweaty palms

to visit the horses 
nodding & marvellous
fenced in gas board land

skeleton silo
metal bones
kind of unbelievable to me

~

one time
i
saw
a
grasshopper or cricket

on a tree stump there
up in the dirt verge

& i went back
with
news
to
tell

pork roast on the stove

from king-animal.blogspot.com

HUMAN - INGREDIENTS & CARE OF QUICK GUIDE

*please note-

this is a preliminary guide;

reading of manual 

on specific models 

is recommended

typically include the following*-

90% water
 4% mineral / plastics
 4% hypocrisy / dreams / physics
 2% fukushima / light / crisps
    'soul' / egg / lego
    & other trace elements


basic needs-

feed regularly
water often
will emit waste
avoid raw chicken


optimum functionality*-

best before 35
best after 20
will last 0 to 100+ years
best used when conscious
gestation typically 9 months


strengths*-

adaptability
waterproof
variety in shade, size and outlook
cognitive dissonance
compatible with variety of foods/fuels
(the main thing here is quantity) 
will self-dissipate 
 on eventual shutdown


weakness's*-

adaptability
toilet
vocal
cognitive dissonance
no off switch
variable self control
variable self awareness
delusion
reluctance to look after teeth
(self-care in general is patchy)
easily bored


other needs include 
but not limited to*-

soap operas
mirrors
frequent opportunities 
 for trivial acquisitions
tissues
unrealistic targets
fabric coverings
love
shallow adoration
alone time
'new' things (repackaged old things)
easy targets
need to feel 'special'
sitcoms (see 'new' things above)


other*-

unconsciousness to be expected 
results from alcohol / narcotics vary
liable to break 
in many individual cases
 surprising degree of 
 functionality when broken
default condition 
 includes high degree
 of existential crisis
self healing except teeth
non refundable
logic awaiting download patch
created by lust & magic

pic from myscienceacademy.org

    

EDIT FOR A FILM

DRY MACHINE

its dry
inside
the
machine

chipping at the sentences
that chip at me

outside
outside
outside
is a hacked dreamscape

of
sanctioned
fantasy
franchise



THUNDERDOME

a thunderdome
of
meat puppets

wave
product 
placement

edited for a film

anyone
have
a
golden gun these days ?

or a starburst guitar ?



DESERT STRINGS

i
find
a
white piano

in a desert
hotel bar

stretch out
in a 
corner seat

almost 8 years
i think
8 years

replaying 
the 
strange days & strange ways

waiting on the emotive drama
of
a string arrangement at dawn

from twininfinite.net

NIRVANAS OVERFARMED INTERLAND

ME

i
am

an organic cat bed

a drenched movie sponge

a high speed carb incubator

coffee absorption unit number one

a metabolising
  space dust
  spirit
  visit



ME BE

&
if i write something
that is not awful

then 
im 

north of extinct
south of da vinci

tucked
inside 
nirvanas
overfarmed
hinterland



ME BE SEA ?

then 
the 
sea thoughts 
come

think on ME

they say

think on the unknowable
s i z e
of
ME

discombobulating
me
in
my
chair

from sciencemag.org

2016 END GAME

six green parakeets
appear
in
the 
bare branches
of
the apple tree

the toaster shorts out 
the house electrics

this happens 
almost
simultaneously

the parakeets
are arranged
like a half moon

i find an envelope
id written envelope on

i now have 
an electronic
nicotine machine

nan nods off eternal

i dream in black & white

validated by 
the brothers
in the print shop

no film is too shit
no codeine too large

& 
the parakeets
like a hive mind
leave as one
over
warhol slats
&
peterhoff tiles

alien green
against 
english
dishcloth
grey

from parakeetcare.org

GARDEN, AIRER & CLOUDS

GARDEN, FLUTTERBY & CHAIR

EXISTENTIAL MATHS

when i used to
drink n that
n spliff n snort
n pop n that

i was at least eight people

maybe many more

on
a
good 
fuckitall
jarhammer
night jag

all fronts fighting
evacuated 
castle
defence


~


as few as one now

or less

if
the
rain stays away too long

in the grey murk lurk
up
there

but-

doors open
courtyard milling

drought
to
share

from publicdomainpictures.net

REDS

red coat

red book

its a bible

im on a bus

theres heavy underlining
on all her open pages


~


red book

black cat

stars on 45

i am under the sky

blackmailing 
the
sunlit uplands
of
soul

from www.holy.art.co.uk