HOOVER BAG

it looks
just like
as if

god vacuumed up 

all the shavings 

& the trimmings

& all the broken pieces 

& the reject pieces

& all the dried glue curls

& the redundant gristle 

left out & scattered around his work space

with his high falutin coffee stained notes

& then later 

emptied the hoover bag
all over 

this land

hes forgot

ANCIENT OAKUM

its
all
like
dried up glue

stringy & ugly
& something to pick at

ancient oakum come loose

& on the way 

to the kitchenette bin

in the peach colour prefab

then landfill

or a south pacific beach

where the turtles

cosplay westerners

but never for long

JAPANESE GOLD & GLUE

 

& if i am in bits

well reform me then

with japanese gold & glue

~

& tell me

what do i do

when its the rain

that

wants

me

to stop ?

FEELING OLD BUT KINDRED

after dark
theres laughter
from over the rec

unhinged in the dark velvet

they must be huffing glue
or nitrous
or something new

bless their stab at freedom

but such dangerous escape

i think

feeling old but kindred

POUNDSHOP HEADSPACE, A PILL PACK POP

ABDICATION GLUE RAIN

CURRICULUM VITAE

im there

in the shadow

abdication
on the to-do list

king
of
my machine




CHILDHOOD GARAGE FORECOURT

struggle pup
lapping at the
rainbow puddles

out there trying
in
the
oil
slick
rain




FORENSIC ANALYSIS

one
day
long ago

i think

an excessive steamy bath

undid
all
my glue

from istockphoto.com

KNICK KNACK PADDY WHACK

this old man
he paid for two

he paid
knick knack
sniffing glue

with a knick knack paddy whack

give the dog a phone

on a
30 month 
contract

18 month
built-in 
obsolescence

frequent update downloads
&
bloated
bloated
skins

from heraldsun.com.au

HIGH STREET POPS 1

198?

id window shop
for
parker pens & pentel pencils

id mumble 
in the chemist
for contraband

&
the library there
well id almost read it

back in the 
i-think-i-dont-care days
of 
chinos
electro
&
the 
i-dont-know
i-dont-know
let-me-be
ghost in the machine 
machine gun dreams



TODDLER GOT CROWS FEET

in velcro trainers 
cos cant do laces
the weathered kids
with adult faces 

tail
the 
hollywood shades & patterned nails
on 
on barbie mums & rejigged maids

to the hairdressers
down on grover way



TOO HUNGRY

cable tied
to the morrisons
car 
park 
handrails

are cellophane wrapped bouquets

there for the glue-sniffing kids 
gone
gone
away

too hungry
for cheap happy
one sad day

from manchestereveningnews.co.uk

MORE THOUGHT POPS

the great experiment
is off its rails 

off course

goal posts
warp and run
a lifetime away

~

hungry !  
but for what ?

says no Real Animal
ever

~

she wears a blonde wig
instead of goodbye

& goes off grid
with ease

~

worry about what to wear

to
go
shopping 

for clothes

~

leaders make the worst reality tv

in
the
very
many
layered
meanings

of that immense oxymoron

~

follow the tweets
from off a famous name

one hundred 
years
dead

~

look for the joy

look for the joy

look
for
the
joy

on tv ?

from culturedvultures.com

DAMBUSTERS NATION MULTIPOPS 2

     village green is
      biscuit tin pretty

sorrow flowers 
for dead glue child

~

     annual pub cricket 
     annual pub cricket

   cliques not worth 
           the poor buffet

~

my name is bond    
    brexit bond

    forward my cv to interpol
    please m

~

     lot to live up to
     more to live down

  set fire 
      to a high street bin

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