Friday 28 May 2021

THREE HAIKU & A BIRD 4




VICARIOUS
UNRINATIONS



attentions like a piss

when my bladders 
                been crying out loud

   cemetery limo






PIXELS 
ARE NO
TYPER IRON


when i wrote its roots

i had to delete its soil

     wildflower 
     meadow 





ECOLOGICAL
FARTINGS


laminated earth . . .

dont you know thats where pizza is 

love

lego
& chips ?







photo Tree Puffin from the Dagenham Archive




Thursday 27 May 2021

THREE HAIKU & A BIRD 3




SHIT ON 
BLANKET

 
her toilet was too far

drunks prob died on the lava rocks
    
    depression
    confession






TV RAIN
CLOUDY SKY


gods turned their backs

movies 
are 
          just wallpaper

bruised by hard rain






DESPERATE 
WALLET


full empathy winds
           
mud & wars 
          forever arms

fetch the penny jar










photo Shed Penguin from the Dagenham Archive





Wednesday 26 May 2021

THREE HAIKU & THREE BIRDS 2



DONT 
FORGET


scissors are two knives

see where they run

                  rust in the rivet
     
       pizza on the steel






PRACTICAL 
TRAGIC


cant shake the doom dreams

sleeping cat 
            stinks 
            up
            the sleeping pillow

       f e b r e z e 






CATASTROPHIC 
THINKING


worse case scenario

      is
      destination 
      number one

   sofa  plum  fruit









photo Gull Triumvirate from the Dagenham Archive 




Tuesday 25 May 2021

THREE HAIKU & A BIRD 1




STORM


a wet cat shelters

the storm lasts one thunder long

righteous 
   binmen 
   strike






TRICKY 
COMMODORE


brand new is retro

this spring air -
                 it smells of years

hit shift & run/stop






DECONSTRUCTED


announce the weather

describe cat folly 
         &
         now

       resolution










photo Fence Finch With Twig from the Dagenham Archive




Monday 24 May 2021

FRECKLES OF THE SUNDOGS






cull words

out the waiting life

        calling death



cull words

   hunt them

   in
   the
   freckles of the sundogs











Friday 21 May 2021

BED FLOP TRUDGE






  waiting on anyone
  sounding board
  sponge
  or
  missive

so i may pronounce an anecdote

  to see the mirror
  &
  confirmation
  of 
  interaction

in the mornings long
bed flop trudge















Thursday 20 May 2021

DREAM FUDGE POP HOSP 2



the civvy-clad corpses 
gone cold-stiff
looked child-thrown

out 
on 
the 
loading bays concrete stage

its cement cracks edged with frost moss 


~


i tried to fold them
&
i tried to hide them

in the new snowfall
shovelled piled ice 

in that hectic dream panic 
that might wake a regular man


~


police passed without a word
we shared a look -

workers all alone 
& we knew it

all of us rabbit hole deep 

inside 
an 
obligated 
national service of the soul


~


authors note -

i dreamed all of this
before the covidien came

portentous perhaps ?

but 
in the dream world 
it was noel fielding 
running the ITU...







photo Lift Off from the Dagenham Archive



Wednesday 19 May 2021

SPAM FRITTER SNARK





penny lane
flea dart
battle enemies

  became strangers very fast

in the clique jump jags
of isolation panic row

  in childhoods
  scuffed shoe
  helpless & worthless

  u n e x p l a i n a b l e

  spam fritter snark



 









Tuesday 18 May 2021

MAD JAZZ RESOLVED - ANIMAL !


 

count the locum stars
barefoot in the onion grass
&
disappear invisible - animal !

pissing free & marking
the holly hedge point blank
inside 
the gardens 
monochrome dark

where the maintenance line 
is only made manifest  
if you willingly wield 
the hand-me-down GPO rust shovel
with intent & lowborn design 

& back indoors 
its all science wonder

mad jazz resolved
in screaming blue light







photo Garden Peeping No 2 from the Dagenham Archive








Monday 17 May 2021

NO SUCH THING AS A BROKEN TAP

 


never list the faulty devices
do not name the broken things

because
there is no such thing
as a broken tap

they only are
as they will be
& maybe were

in a plastic zen sort of way

~

plumbing is mad jazz

because 
theres no such thing 
as a broken tap

when 
the 
oak is acorn & stump

is tinder & coal & home

so never list the faulty devices
& do not name the broken things







photo Garden Peeping No 1 from the Dagenham Archive







Friday 14 May 2021

COMPACT POPLINGS


A1

i would gibber moonward

mind hormone-fooled
to its most free flow

those midnight meadow laughter days

young & under stars



B3

the day has a mood on
clouds cross the sun

we do too it seems

collision nerves in the basted belly
unhorse me metaphorically

drama is a black black buzz



C1

i hold the past
like a dreamer

im not the only one

no white piano
just 
home vids to never watch

i hold the past
like a dreamer

& our hands touch anxious there








photo Dream Station No 4 from the Dagenham Archive




Thursday 13 May 2021

DREAM FUDGE POP - THE STORE BAR

 


in 
waking 
retrospect

the bar looked like a department store

& that was fine
in that dream way
the way dreams are

spirits & chicken & white goods
hazard stacked on the floor

lou reed lookalikes on the door

dressed transformer style
i thought
passable at least from afar


~


i am drinking again

but only dream-here
& only dreamed beer

no pain 

none

& none of the meatworlds whisky fear


~


& theres no screaming at all

when
the
bulls
pile
in
slo-mo funny 

passing on cherries but bagging fur






photo- Freedom Glares #2 from the Dagenham Archive



Wednesday 12 May 2021

I AM NOT HAVING A ROSY BACKFLASH



revolution 
from my bed
in your head

wherever

it WILL be televised

but i doubt i will be there

~

the devils in the details
but thats not all hes in
hes gone centrist
in the apathy malaise guesthouse
off the empathy bypass
england SW1

~

& my anger is homeless
is in emergency housing
exiled in the resignation hotel
SS something-nowhere
liberal haven
micro nation
one whole bungalow wide






photo Home Office HQ from the Dagenham Archive











Tuesday 11 May 2021

SEVEN YEAR VENT, ELIPSIS HEAVY MIX



seven years now
& counting . . .

&
was 
already bearing
multiple crosses . . .

but who isnt ?

hit the metaphorical refresh
& watch myself meatworld buffer

i am the hungry circle snake
of the waiting room citadel


~


the finish line ?
i will get there

but then 
who doesnt ?

i got longs odds fixed
lay your money down

the finish line ?
i will know it when i see it
maybe / hope so / fuck it

i mean
what else am i going to do ?

& i did not mean to be
a son of plastic & oil . . .


~


you all . . .

all you out there . . .

you who ever played games beside me

you keep my fuel fresh
keep it coming strong . . .

& play your games still . . .

i did not mean to be
lost in the concrete . . .
when the forest is so close

i did not mean to be
such an old & crusty
touchscreen child . . .







photo - BP M&S Night Fabric from the Dagenham Archive


Monday 10 May 2021

HAIKUS




MOVIE HAIKU #1


one car chase

french connection style

killed my nasa chances






MOVIE HAIKU #2


robert duval
saves the picture

suck it he says

punch ups in the rain






MOVIE HAIKU #3


her smile was
a stretched paint of thanks

his proposal hung
a tumbleweed away

after their glasnost wind







photo Widescreen Rain from the Dagenham Archive









 





Friday 7 May 2021

DREAM FUDGE POP HOSPITAL

 


my old hospital super 
was oh so very sad

i see it thru the window
see her face breaking down

i bet you miss this
she says 
in a business sense

yes i say i do

& i weep too

vicariously relishing 
my own wet dissolve

because 
i only 
cry in dreams







photo - Speed #48 from the Dagenham Archive



Thursday 6 May 2021

SITCOM EXPLORATION VOL 5



a dirty flats existential smear

& late night
  street side
  disappointment

  no cabs no cabs no cabs
  all along the adventure-walk home

  as promise beats the flesh
  in dream yesterdays sepia hue


~


i almost hallucinate
those gone gone days

& i dream dream dream

  of the booze mishaps
  in the back alley flap
  of
  the 
  winter warm smoky bar
  &
  of 
  the adventure-walks back home

  anticipation trumps act again
  in the face of blooming roses




 


photo Re-Up #5 from the Dagenham Archive


Wednesday 5 May 2021

DREAM FUDGE POP LONDON



i dream strange dreams
of strange places

wharves i climb there

a london that fits in my palm

lego in my pocket
cheese for sale

short cut bare foot
down the electric rail

consciousness gone
in the
alprazolam chloroform rag









photo All Rise from the Dagenham Archive





Tuesday 4 May 2021

FIVE TV POPLINGS




blue blue

electric blue

cuthbert dibble & grubb


~


he can chase trains all he likes

in the dawn afternoon
sun & surf & sand

i will never
trust that horse
with my money


~


i watched credible newsreaders 
age & fade

i saw their 
tanned jowls swell

they STOMACH it ALL 
everyday

mainlining the horror

jesus christ


~


tv eye watches tv sponge
under tv skies

& out the window
well out the window

on the streets . . .

theres a march to begun



~


blue blue 

electric blue

tv flotsam be my judge








photo TV Skies No 71 from the Dagenham Archive






Saturday 1 May 2021

FOUND LIST 7

 


passport

hide

make own wallet

edit atlantic (?)

gift ideas

call re water

UC & STE

blank cards

postman anecdote

do not buy anything

funeral questions & body donation

wash hats






photo Red #118 from the Dagenham Archive