SOLAR LENTIGINES

the small blemishes

of oil splatter burns

from when i cooked steaks

gives me a glimpse
of my hands aged
with liver spots

& solar lentigines  

~

now my hands

creep me out
like sudden spiders

magritte big
wild with potential
& Unmine

& i clamp them shut

& pick three real things

against the ennui 

& marrow angst 

EMPTY AS A TYRE IS EMPTY

theres a moment after we wake

a glimpse out of time
empty as a tyre is empty

before we remember It All

& the day
never does
recover

from this absence 

we had 

no chance

to prod

2018 OFFCUT POPS 1

KEYHOLES

&
thru
the
spyhole
keyholes

when
i
glazzy
a
sneak
look

theres sparse
electric sparks

dancing like 
everyones watching

metaphorically i mean
i mean i got to make the most of it
havent i ?

these
glimpses
all
i
got


STRUGGLE & SMILE

smile thru
the
sandpaper & silk

that hide
the tumors

radical & wicked
a sweet villain
&
unpromised partner

for
three score & ten



COUNCIL OFFICE SIGN

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have

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body consumed
in moonlight

i made the last one up

its so DRY in here
under
the
council office sign

from bevanfoundation.org

OILLESS - TUESDAY POPS

1.

i woke up

& most of it all
was a dream

&
i
cancelled
all
my
plans

that werent bars

deep in 
dusks hug



2. 


like
an
unbaked
potato

sitting on a chair

one lego
two lego

got no hair



3. 


thru
the
keyholes

theres sparse
electric sparks

keyhole glimpses
all
i
got  

big picture
too vast

survival puts blinkers on
&
pulls shut the shutters




4.

if
only
we
were
only monkeys

with our genius grip
ethically tempered

oilless
with eyes that see

we
would
know
the dolphins by now

& 
all
the 
whale kings

from wwf.panda.org