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

I BLEED THEREFORE I AM TAKE 2

injuries tell a story
scars are coded braille

leap from the milk train
jump off the dormer roof

fall -

       off the hill fence 

        off the weekend goalpost

         out the stormy tree

& carry the proof
into the next working day

i bleed therefore i am


~

& head down 

& drunk
& eyes shut
& running running running
into 

the midnight roads 

mystery traffic

is

just

another

gung-ho anecdote harvest

from the mad blessed days

of 

undeveloped risk aversion

photo Kill Your Speed from the Dagenham Archive

COTSWOLD OF THE SOUL

 

  its 

  a 

cotswold of the soul

  out here - 

    

    in

    an 

 englishmans 

 back garden

green menagerie 

~

  neighbours 

 mongrel drek

 barked harsh

 over & behind

    the

 tumble fence 

 slat wobble

is egos caveat id

photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

PICASA MADRIGALS - MOVIE FOOL

TREE POME PIC

damn your surveyor 
and
compromised foundations !
you fence me in
and
cut back my arms
when
i
only
reach
for
the sun
to
grow
and
to
shade you
 

I SAW HORSES RUN

there 
is 
no 
joy 
in objectivity

a 
place to visit
but
antiseptic

anyway we're Crazy People
and
must
fall down one side of the fence 
sooner 
or 
later - for our Health

either
into brown quagmire
or 
beds of bluebells

Crazy People
arent
built
for
elevated splinters of denial and indecision
or
nervous
false
superiority