THIS PLANET EARTH

this planet earth
this space jewel-

its like i grabbed
the wrong flavour crisps
in the corner shop

and i opened them now
and cant take them back

you know ?

but eat them anyway

under a cloudless sky
of clear cyanide blue

from zverovich.net

TURDS AND DOORS

'RHYMING POETRY SHOWS THE AUTHOR

HAS PUT THAT EXTRA BIT OF EFFORT IT'

                      Alan Partridge

now all them poems what rhyme

give out the concrete expectation

that every second line must rhyme

and never without any exception

and them poems what got rigid rhythm

are vulnerable to dull prediction

and they hook their childish claws

deep into my free verse addiction

TURDS AND DOORS

so i close my eyes

against such hard light

but that kaleidoscope

inside my downtime eye

morphs

the space scape

into

a

soap opera

and even ad breaks

so i play a vision of a land of green bridges

across

my

rat maze mind

to stop

the turds

outnumbering

the doors

PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE (DENNIS WILSON)

so i listen to

pacific ocean blue

come & go

like

a

tide

like night

like rain

like a dream

like rock royalty

in 70s LA

its an offering to nature

to cover up

in beauty

our

panic & static

our flushing carbon rush

& our urge

for another love affair

with

another plastic anything

we will break and bury

STEWART LEE

dear stewart lee

i love your stand up

your bit on your granddad and his crisps

well

i cant find it to not be genius

and i spotted your writing credits

rolling modestly at the end of those

untouchable satire shows

so stewart lee

you can sleep easy i hope

you have done more than your share

kind regards

fd

ps

that billy bragg album

DOES have a fantastic guitar sound

http://listas.20minutos.es

A TALE OF ORDINARY FOLKS

the young guy in the corner shop
dont
like
dogs
at all

hates it if they get in there

even if theyre tiny or old

so 
sometimes
i will carry them out for him
when 
i 
am 
in 
there
squinting at the headlines
and
buying
crisps and rizla

i dump them on the pavement
where
he
will
watch them on his cctv
with
a
wary
eye

after i firmly closed the door

from www.littleangelsrescuebg.org

DREAM ANNEX

this morning is another country

i suspect a silent coup
or 
creeping transient borders

i declared something in the night

something
newly
contraband

subsequently
i was searched by dreams

and
i
wake
up

sore 

wondering
if salt and vinegar
still
come
in 
blue ?

from approvedfood.co.uk

DIETING FEEDERS

they bring in shortcake
chocolate cake
big multipacks of crisps
and
stack
them
on the round table in the corner 
monday 8 AM

they say 
i bought too much for the grandkids
and 
cant have these at home - they're LETHAL

these work women -they're dieting
all
the
time

i snack the day away
and they say
where does he put it all
and
lucky sod
vicariously