DIRT OF NEED

as 

comparison inoculation

you 

count your blessings

    but remember  

 keep  hands  clean

so 

to not tarnish them

with 

the dirt of your need

SMUG MONEY SMILE

i
cant
watch
a
property show
these days

the ones where theyre building
double-height glass extensions
to quote alan partridge
like art installations with a toilet

where the architect
wears an odd scarf
or wears weird glasses
and
smiles a smug money smile
and
routinely designs 
over-budget
round skylights
for an entrance hall
like a city library 

i
cant
watch
these
shows
without picturing
a homeless couple
with newspaper in their boots
watching
on
a
plasma screen
thru
a 
tottenham court road shop window

thinking

whattheshitman ?
whattheactualshit ?

and counting all my blessings
for the hundredth time that day

from granddesignsmagazine.com

A KIND OF PRAYER

again 
i count my blessings

again
they number well enough

and
i
fear
and
loathe
the day again
when
they
may
come
up
short

but that wont happen
that wont happen

that wont happen 
cos im different now

and anyway what saved me before
can save me again

music
confession

the healthy opiate
of the dream machine

a short haired hippy openness

my cynicism labelled and filed
in
the
stardust laterbase

and
my
own
fm radio plastic zen

from ideas.lego.com

PRIVILEGE OF QUIET

in
a
quiet
corner
of
the
earth 
where everyone has a hatchback
to 
fetch their shopping in ?

stay there
have a think

and
count the blessings
you
called
boredom

from mallyskokdesign.com