GUERRILLA DETRITUS

shrug off the years

from your chain-smoked

hatchback backache

& brandish your

been-there / done-that

hot-rocked-the-tshirt

age-awarded eyes

like a weapon sheathed 

in a bittersweet

guerrilla detritus

comedown glo

THAN CANADA GOOSE

it is 

an act
of kindness & charity
& 

of detached anthropology

to listen
to my neighbours
confused bark

( in the hatchback front gardens

  on the block paving of love )

& i feel like 

an attenborough of the street

more new balance tho  

than cananda goose

ESPLANADE

land
of the
jogging pant

& home of the played

hooded hormones
rev the hot hatch

on the casino esplanade

DOG BARKS IN A SILENT NEIGHBOURHOOD

the hoot of a train horn

funnelled down the grass banks

of litter & scrub & stubs 
&
the movie dialogue 

snappy & truncated 

by channel hoping hope

&
the dog that barks

in a silent neighbourhood

of a teenage sunday

&

the rave whistles 

shrill & bright

on the smoky festival wind

&

the cold hatchback motors 

turning over in coughs

on a frosty workaday dawn

remind me 

of the ambient album
found-sound collages

of the 90s

as opposed to

it working
the other way around

MONDAY POPS, LOCKDOWN DIAGRAMS

we
wander
half-fucked now

in a fatalistic hue

&
theres
a
gulf
waiting
nightly
to
cross
quietly 

in the grayest shade 
of boat there is

~

the hard seats
in
the
soft gallerys
penny
peon
arcade

rock full & waiting

~

the highstreet
is panic blown 
& sunday'd

dropped shutters
rattle impatient 

in the dry wind
of
englands
still
hatchback garden

from walthomstowforest.gov.uk

MOVIE POPS & A BOOK POP

DEATH AND THE PENGUIN

penguin at the graveside
hired
tired
paid
to wake them
on their way

dont ask
youre working youre alive
dont ask
youre writing youll survive

penguin in the graveyard
his work is not hard
fish fed and under stars

dont ask
youre working youll thrive
if you dont know
wont have to hide

penguin plays his part
stood still in the rain
falls ill
in pain
needs a transplant
mourners acquire a childs heart

but you looked in the bottom drawer
found out
safe no more
and now must wangle
a plane
to antartica

from goodreads.com

UNFORGIVEN POPS


1.

film
on
broadcast
tv

saw it 
on release 
1992

high & awed
a western

get in
i remember thinking

get in


2.

i remember
the bits we liked

& like them again

i remember
the bits we laughed at
afterwards
in a hatchback
knee deep
in fast food kipple

with friends

i dont see

anymore



3.

hes big
hes broken
hes bent over

hes sick
in the rain
in a strange town

he sees a ghost - hendershot

but he aint like that anymore


5.

he dreams -

the 
angel of death
has 
snake eyes

but
he aint like that 

anymore ?

from theredlist.com

POOR EFFING EVERYTHING

tv 
is
UNICEF
malnutrition
famine
deforestation

regular everyday horror

all from Somewhere Else

then
a huge glitzy ad
for
make-up
and
a huge stylish ad
for
a
hatchback

poor fucking kids
i think
poor fucking world

wishing i could pop out for some light
go out and quickly buy some right

for
all
the
poor fucking kids
and
the 
poor fucking world

does it count
if we cry on purpose
in
our
hi-rise land ?

from en.wikipedia.org

PRIVILEGE OF QUIET

in
a
quiet
corner
of
the
earth 
where everyone has a hatchback
to 
fetch their shopping in ?

stay there
have a think

and
count the blessings
you
called
boredom

from mallyskokdesign.com

SNEER AT ONLY PEOPLE

bus drones / ipad headplugs in
dwarf the plastic seats
with 
KFC gut spill
minds on tech / neu metal
and
stashed porn on encoded hard drives

others / old
natter and chatter and blab
like
mindless 
museum
clockwork / dried up seed
in
underpant folds 

others / young / lives begining / earning / working
are
not
YET
defeated - will forget this bus horror
once
they
got
a hatchback and a license - freedom
before
breeding

ALL wondering where next to splurge
their
distraction nugget-coins / a gifted pat-on-the-back
for
expected / accepted
lifelong
beige 
compliance

from businessinsider.com