A MORNING POP

i was there

now i am here

& i think a thought

simple as meat

& strange as stars

& so it goes

todays fog

& yesterdays clothes

hearing feelings
out the radio

DREAM FUDGE POP - THE STORE BAR

 

in 

waking 

retrospect

the bar looked like a department store

& that was fine

in that dream way

& the way dreams are

spirits & chicken & white goods
hazard stacked on the floor

lou reed lookalikes on the door

dressed transformer style

i thought

passable at least from afar

~

i am drinking again

but only dream-here

& only dreamed beer

no pain 

none

& none of the meatworlds whisky fear

~

& theres no screaming at all

when

the

bulls

pile

in

slo-mo funny 

passing on cherries but bagging fur

photo- Freedom Glares #2 from the Dagenham Archive

ARGUE IN MY MIND

i argue with him

in my mind

i am his devils advocate

or he is mine

i think i win

he doesnt care

it winds me up

& hes not here

~

its hard to look 

at the world sometimes

without floating off nowhere

from ultimateclassicrock.com 

dave swanson / sean gallup / getty images

OTHER DRUMS (SLIGHT RETURN REDUX)

they lean forward

in that way they have

and you have to lean in too

to hear their words

and they always look away

in that way they have

those people who you know

arent really here

from youtube.com

THE BODY LANGUAGE OF THE OTHER DRUMMERS

they lean forward
in that way they have

and you have to lean in
to hear their words

and they always look away
in that way they have

those people do
who arent entirely here

from tribute.ca

THE NIGHT HUNGRY SUFFER ON

hangovers mercury lurch
&
ultimate sickness

is
existential crisis

is
awful reality hd awareness
in 
horrible action live-feed


the day is 
too HERE
&
too GONE

in the same terrible endless moments

and
it 
wont
stop - youre thru the looking glass

and you know 
above all
that nothing here 
is yours
for the taking

from picturequotes.com

FOREVER CAT

the cat
is soft & warm & here

fur hot
from the winter sun
coming in the front room window

the feel of it
it takes me somewhere

& i bury my face
into his coat

and go there

for
all
the
times
when
i
wont
be
able
to
anymore

from dailyexpress.co.uk