ABOUT PAINTERS OVERALLS

 

i

cremated

blue overalls

on consecrated ground

hoping

to find them 

ready & clean & waiting

on a reserved celestial hook

because
i
worry
about
how
naked heaven must be

if we dont even
have our bodies to wear

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

THE WASHING IT SAYS HELLO

i like washing out on the line
drying in the sun
it says hello
clean & free

i like the stub of a pencil

the toll of use

so visible

& its useful still

i like the organic sounds
from the container port

the earthy thuds 

& soft bleeps of shipping

i like these signs & marks

these flags of commitment

to life 

& to things

ACTOR POP

 

ben affleck
stands there
like a fridge
stands there
after you
pulled it out
to get behind
& clean

DELIRIOUS DIVINATION VOL 4

 

  & 

nothing feels as CLEAN these days 

as the 

  Unpurchased
    Unneeded
      Craved-for
        Hard-sell
          Oil-derived
            Kipple item

   LEFT BEHIND

   in

   the
   shop shelf pot

humanitys drunken flowers

force-bloomed with blood 

oil rigs as ugly as it gets

photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash

METAPHOR BATH BEFORE SUPPER

give me
give me
give me

that home comfort smell
&
baby thunder 
of 
a
hot running bath

that easy peak 
of civilisation

&
the reassuring 
background bubbling
of
a
simple stew 
happily simmering 
out 
there
on the kitchen stove


~


i wallow 
contented
in my own 
hot water dirt

i delight
at
the 
murder aroma
of
the
softening beef

& 
i think 
my hands
are clean

from onceuponachef.com

TV POPLING, BUBBLES

hes 
newly clean
clean & new

in the park the sun is out

for him

~

bubbles kids blew 
float assured
on city thermals 

& 
his face 
is open 

weathered like nature is weathered

~

this scene
calls for
viewers
silent applause
&
they
cross
their
fingers
for him

toes too
&
knock on wood

from quotesgram.com

POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO THE EARTH Nos 4 & 5

4. THE CLOUDS

like sheep
when sheep
hide their legs
and head

but
moving still
as 
if
blown on a wind



5. THE RAIN

like the shower*
but bigger

and outdoors
to
keep
the
animals** clean

pic from baarmychris.wordpress.com

* entry not yet available
** see entry No 8

A DREAM TO THE TUNE OF A SONG

i look in thru the windows
i look inside the door

everyone in there is playing god
on a ps4

i am falling asleep at the rendezvous
falling asleep on the floor

when i wake my belly is swollen
ribbed and ripped and ready for war

and the crabs are calling for passports
calling for their own custard creams

there is benzedrine in the breakfast potion
its washing my mind out clean

and in this dream i am suffocating
doesnt matter what i have seen

open another box says homer
doesnt matter where theyve been

from inceptionradionetwork.com