SKETCH POPLINGS

the 
consuming masses
pound plastic

into mausoleum


~


'she never had a problem
that wasnt in fashion'

wrote richard stark in 1962

seeing
the
latent
instagram in us


~


shes holding up 
the lyric sheet 
for the busker 
in the retail park 

sun makes it
a blinding white
corrupted pixel

disinterested
currys 
covid
fever 
queue


~


when i touch his box of ashes
my hand & my arm tingle

his spirit
&
the reach of the cat king

or imagination
&
bad circulation

you know which


~


brave new world 
grey new world 

i find a lucky stone

& 
after my bad dreams
have dissembled me
i 
wake
with 
my
gps 
gone hideously offline

from digitaledition.orlandosentinel.com

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