LIKE ONLY ONCE

dont
ever think you have been forgotten
in
the grey exchange of memory trade
because
theres people out there
who
wake up remembering the faces
&
the times & the names
&
the places & the games
they
only maybe met or saw or heard

like only once before

BEHIND THE BRICK & CONSENSUS

noons the new midnight

dusks a ceasefire relief 

dawn games are welcome 

     

i play there

     

like canute did 

with the tide

~

our deal with the dark

        is always in play

i stretch out there 

        sweating bleach

waiting for the time out

            the short death

            the hallucinations

        

   behind the privilege bricks 

        

   

SOUND FILE VOL 1

 

& i lost you 

& i love you

& i miss you all

whoever played games beside me

shotguns flat cracks 

echo across these meadows

anaemic 

shadow

of your

military

send off

~

ill equipped to deal

with the myriad devils

in the legion details

& 

the big picture shire horse expanse

&

the birds aggressive mating racket

between 

infernal & ubiquitous 

summer lawn machines

is painting enough for me

KING OF THE CASTLE

when i got my own place
and
everyone came round
for
habenaro chicken
and 
freezing gins
i
was king of the castle
with 
Lou Reed on the player
and
effigys on the bonfire

hash and games till sudden dawn

i felt like i had ARRIVED
and
it
could
always
be 
this
way

before 
LIFES heavy feet
and
TIMES erosion
moved 
everything 
around

SHOTGUN BLAST NEXT TO MY EAR (A P.I. PULP POP)

  it 
came after
gone dames
played the
wrong games
and
the
cold
rain that fell
fell in a black mood
as
if
it
knew it would be ice by morning

  and 
i listened to my jazz
in
mono

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