Thursday 30 September 2021

MUSIC GAGAKU YES

 


one day
i will 
just write 
a list
of recommended music here

instead
of
my
own
typed-up gut-gas

music says it better than me

better than anyone

lets hear it for the new gods
& the beautiful architecture
of their bloodless weaponry

pun intended

yes









Wednesday 29 September 2021

A HEAVEN STRAW FOR CLINGING



at 
least 
that
weird scripture
has music in heaven

even if its only bossy trumpets

dont tell me 
les paul not tried 
to electrify a harp up there

& we all know
gene krupa
cant sit still

its a straw to cling to

when
all the ports here
are
busy making storms








Monday 27 September 2021

EYES HALF SHUT, WARNING - SARCASTIC USE OF INVERTED COMMAS




next you know youre 'awake'
all the props have been reset

worry - present / anxiety - check

you lurch like spam on bone
into the barbed & coiled day
another 'experiment' in 'intelligence'

you call the 'surgery'
you 'feel' like a redial app

'ready' to listen to the on-hold muzak
&
recorded 'thanks' in the static crackle

one eye only

& thats half shut

which vain glorious 'dr'
will waste your 'time'
on the phone 
today ?










Friday 24 September 2021

THERE I GO AGAIN




the lack of answers
to the big questions

makes me think
about questions

& question
the questioning process

& there i go again

spaced out & in 
the milbank fog bogs & quagmires

thinking about thinking
eating my tail
going translucent 
&  
   d
      e
        t
      a
         c
               h

                   e
                          d








Wednesday 22 September 2021

BEERS IN THERE




you took down a curtain
you think you did it careful
you used it as blanket
for 
an armchair bed

you done worse

you egged the kitchen ceiling

you wake
its shit


~


other stay-over guests
tolerant / wary guests
climb on stools 
& chip dried egg 
from the ceiling
with wood spatulas 

you share a look

you cant help

its shit

& you know 
beers in there












Tuesday 21 September 2021

TO THE TUNE OF THE DRUGS DONT WORK BY THE VERVE

 


all this time of being ill

its getting me down, my love

like gas in a lamp, waiting to be lit

this time its 'all in my mind'


now the drs dont help

they just makes things worse

but
sure 
i'll
take
their
drugs
again








Monday 20 September 2021

THE WAGES OF OVERTHINK



you f
    a
    l
    l 
thru the 
evolved ambiguities
of our 
fluid lexicon 

you see ghost shadows
in the tossed salad

yes you do

you took it apart
it took YOU apart

& you rebuild it

all cash-in-hand cowboy wrong






photos by mango-tango monkey-pyjamas




Friday 17 September 2021

U S E D


 

used to be sharp
used to be a yes
used to be accelerated 
used to be there
used to know
used to be high immaculate
used to be
used to
used

u  
   s
         e
               d





photo by mango-tango monkey-pyjamas



Thursday 16 September 2021

CAT POP 112



      was
   raised by foxes
   in the foraging dawn  
  
  now he throws bipolar jags 
     on 
      the 
       dusk window sill
        
          &
    disco naps at noon
 blocking wardrobe access


~


  he hams it up on the rug

    prayer paws
        &
     big eyes

     like he read up on wikihow

   we let him off -
      he was holy chosen
         with a black cat nod

  










Wednesday 15 September 2021

NO SHOES

 


you are reformatted 
in the rabbit hole foyer

you are an update salad
in the field-wide spiderweb dew

your metaphors mix a new smog
in another doublethink matrix day

so you do your animal style
maximum effort !
gut heart & lungs

no shoes
predator quiet









Tuesday 14 September 2021

RESPONDS IN KIND

 



you watch a bad movie
you seen it before

it doenst matter
that was the plan

you have limited option

you kill time

time responds in kind






photo by mango-tango monkey-pyjamas




Monday 13 September 2021

NATURE SUGGESTION

 



the borders & barriers
the bubble they built in your mind

(smile can you ?
 in the dread afternoon)

you think well fuck them
they just make you climb

(laugh can you ?
 clock bound in the flesh wall)

papers be damned
you got mass here

& the shitter door
& the sleeping pod
& a shoe box of snaps 
well you think thats ok

but the rest should be natures suggestion







photo by mango-tango monkey-pyjamas



Friday 10 September 2021

TEN YEARS A BLOGGER 5/5




ten years ago i started this blog

its name can not be posted nor linked
apart from twitter

hence the d o u b l e  s p a c i n g

as it anniversary approached i made this list

epic denial
icy breakdown
flatulent burnout
railway rebirth
paper phoenix
stubborn airframe

grief is not reserved for deaths fallout
love not reserved for the young guns
old hats learn new tricks
old heads wear new hats

i always have specific books on hand
i am not going to name them

inspiration tomes i call them
but safety blankets is more accurate

theyre ambient
yes

2011 uk city riots
     tohoku earthquake & tsunami
     tawakkol karmen


thank you for your continued support


h a t c h b a c k s o n f i r e .
b l o g s p o t .
c o m











Thursday 9 September 2021

TEN YEARS A BLOGGER 4/5






ten years ago i started this blog

i often forget where i got the name
i remember & smile

i have a tattoo of a hatchback on fire
i often forget why

it surprises me in the shower
i remember & smile

'a poem or pic a day until i die or dont'
a bold promise with caveat enough to keep

who doesnt love a good caveat ?

its looks the same today as back then
maybe its has more flames . . .

email notifications have become moribund
custom widgets are beyond my reach

i did enlarge the font following sound advice
but it has always been the same font

it is a time capsule unburied
it is a keeper of secrets shared
it is a mirror to truth - ha !
it is my reservoir / my slush pile 

poetry is not a process of conscious decisions

thank fuck

2011 contagion & nim
     bob & the monster
     fucking war horse
     melissa rio & hailee steinfeld


thank you for your continued support


h a t c h b a c k s o n f i r e .
b l o g s p o t .
c o m








Wednesday 8 September 2021

TEN YEARS A BLOGGER 3/5



 


ten years ago i started this blog

i wonder how to escalate this practice
i see no simple avenue of expansion
i have not yet become a painter

i find hashtags an optional side salad

i dream of a dedicated website
i dream of uploading to wordpress
i dream of a novel . . .

a genre novel but subversive 
literature by the back door
yes

i dream of reading into camera
to stripped down trip hop jazz

might manage another short story
i need a new energy efficient technique

do draw cats in ink
i have not become a painter

you may not be aware 
but repetition is likely 

everyday i wake up in the future
the past a fever dream

2011 still sounds futuristic to me

2011 hot sauce committee part two & bad as me
     lora hirschberg & pamela martin
     leywah gbowee


thank you for your continued support


h a t c h b a c k s o n f i r e .
b l o g s p o t .
c o m









Tuesday 7 September 2021

TEN YEARS A BLOGGER 2/5



 

ten years ago i started this blog
i look back at the red flags

i laugh 
i suspect its only humorous to me

& if i ever lose me again
i know where i left me 

see - thats funny

i find a diary smoked thru a prism
i find repetition

repetition seems unavoidable

i see blueprints & deconstruction
a diy Ford Dagenham kit

youre welcome 

even tho i fear the big sea
heres some naval metaphors -

its a rudder / anchor / 
sail
its the captains mess
its a flotsam / jetsam wake
its a lifeboat / a dry dock
its a sextant in the night fog

also - its a rock & a hard place
(thats what she said)

the television will not be revolutionised

2011 blockchain made the dictionary
     wild flag wild flag
     ellen johnson sirleaf


thank you for your continued support


h a t c h b a c k s o n f i r e .
b l o g s p o t .
c o m










Monday 6 September 2021

TEN YEARS A BLOGGER 1\5





ten years ago i started this blog
it is banned from facebook

its my second attempt at a blog
i cant remember the first one

i photo the pc screen for instagram
& get it on facebook like that

dont tell

its purpose was to keep me writing regular
it has

it was started in a fog & haze & wire
i knew something had to be done
change was coming 
coming for me

there is not much traffic 
thats ok
i dont trust the stats anyway
it is poetry 

its mine & in my corner

2011 - castro resigned & sheen fired
       womens fifa 
       gaga in an egg

thank you for your continued support


h a t c h b a c k s o n f i r e .
b l o g s p o t .
c o m







Thursday 2 September 2021

1981 AND FFS



espana 82 panini stickers
from out the panda pop shop

way across the big road
far as the moon back then

rubber stud smell
               of borrowed
                        goalie gloves


~


the royal wedding streets were empty

just me
dog shit
silence

savilles 'play it safe'
horrible & compulsory 
on sunday night tv 

for  
     fucks  
            sake











Wednesday 1 September 2021

THE LAST PISSER ON THE LEFT



our 
creations misbehave
&
destruction shouts for itself

hey function creep
wear my shackles !

we are grout 
crumbling
in the last pisser on the left

harmony somewhere 
in the 
middle muddle & margins ?

ask buddha / ask the animals

dont ask me -
im barefoot in the dirt
burning paper poems
i folded into hats
in another bland dusk






photo by mango-tango monkey-pyjamas