SIMIAN BROADCAST

 

i am a confused monkey
watching other confused monkeys

dazed & dancing & doing 

whats best for their bills 

on

all
the
chimpish tv shows

as classic a distraction

from human anger

& gaias hot flush

as a bottle a day

or turkish surgery

~

& its a no-go / go-go weekday

&

all

the

riotous maintenance

of the human experience

doesnt mean 

anything at all 

to the forests green penumbra

or the seashores 

sad-happy 

high-tide lap

GUARD THE QUEEN, A MEMORY FRAG

his voice was batman deep

with a record player crackle

& he used to work 

at guarding the queen

but i was 

too young then

on the floor 

with a colouring book

in a world

of shoes & voices

to hold it 

against him

& too small to know

about the bullshit of bills 

BABY JOHANSEN ASKS #2

 

papa ?

yes son ?

you know carol on the corner 
sold their mobility scooter
to pay bills from thames water ?

that rhymes son ! 

you could be a poet when you grow up

but papa ?

yes son ?

how would that help ?

. . . well . . .

NARCISSISM FOR SURVIVAL

among other news

robots direct & patrol
the killing grounds hellscape

no wonder this generation
embraces the improved reality
of the photo filter drop down

their white picket fence
is in the handheld glass
that soft mirror
their minds can mould

& impossible bills
are piled up just so
& backlit as a backdrop
for another instagram shot
of a perfect lunch sandwich

BILLS PILLS WILLS (FOUND IN COAT POCKET)

nurse slap
teat scream shit
worry
play
dream
shop
short trousers
denial
play
long trousers
shop
experiment
eat burger
keys
bills
passwords
shop
eat burger
love sex play
trip advisor
shop
keys
pills
passwords
shop
eat burger
loss
pills
pills
shop
experiment 
shit
eat burger
experiment with shit
supplements
keys
wills
passwords
stay or execution (stay of execution)
linger
loss
shop
shit shit shit
dream
supplements
dream
supplements
exit

DIRECT DEBIT

when i was young
maybe seven maybe eight
i
used
to
worry about growing up/leaving school
i
would
count
the years till this abyss
and wonder what the vacuum could hold

when i was young i worried
about
BILLS
i realised i had no idea where to send them/how to pay them
a future of panic on the door mat

when i was young
every
night
had 
its apocalypse worries