ACTION HERO BIRKENSTOCKS

when the cracks show
like dry earth filigree
i filler them
with lou reed & anne sexton
with sharp cheddar & con air

& i write something down
write this down
call it a poem
call it essential work
& rub the blear from my kliegs

& send this pixel clot & bolus
down the byebye wifi stream
& everyone look -
john cusaks saving the day
in his socks & sandals

SEGMENTARIES

 

he smelt of tobacco

the wood in his garage

& the summer rust of old sheds

~

bad actors lowkey preen

money buffered

from the effluent surge

~


the love scaffold
& medicine tunnel

both do jauntily
wave aloft the carrots

PLASTIC TWIST

candle wax on the squares

like contour maps of lands 

&
cigarette ash is clumping 

in the crowns of the kings & queens

&

minibeasts hike the warped board

as per their night time routine

& 

we are dissecting the human world

its bomb fetish & dangerous solipsism 

& we get high

& mad on wine
& play chess
or kinda

garden chairs & a bar stool

corned beef & beans
plastic twist in the padlock loop

CEMEMTERY FRAGPOP

i 

tried
not 

to 

think about it

but 

i 

was in the cemetery

so what can you do ?

THE QUIET TENNIS BALL & THE DERELICT SWINGS

see how quietly
the tennis ball sits

in the fringe
of the lawn
this morning

~

a tier of sadness

arrives 

on the car park air

as you swing wide the door

& another 

washes over you

from the derelict swings

like layers of silt

home now & settling in