MY THERAPIST DISAGREES

if ignorance is bliss
then my assumption
that
the
gormless grinning masses
know nothing
of their land & plight
is correct

my therapist disagrees
but i seen him
in his quarter-zip m&s knitwear

out there

with the al fresco tossers
smiling at their frappuccinos
in the streetside city exhaust

just another 

poundshop dalai lama

throwing code words

at the encroaching dark

  

I VIDDY EURO NOIR AGAIN

 

& i believe in knitwear 

& i believe in obsession

again 

they miss 

their kids 

school show

~

gerbil in the office drawer

stress for supper

righteously riding ripples

of  

old  

trauma

glasscom in their hands