LOST IN THE INSIDE FOG

where wanders
my
great
katsu ?

lost in the inside fog maybe
&
the lie of the western journey

~

soft shoes waiting

in the

work boots shadow

monopoly on the rear-view purview

KINGS & QUEENS YOU THINK

& born

youre an empty cup 

unpourable you think 

on midnight embers

unlucky in glass & fads 

& grown 

youre kings & queens you think

summoning plastic wants

on the amazon wind

drug-bent on the coast roads dawn

& street-sad youre time fried

a take-out beaker you think 

in a chiaroscuro smudge-fest-pop 

& you  

       think  

              Think  

                     THINK

first time caller - longtime stalker

echo cursed in ash & bauble

on talk radio oblivion fm

photo - Finger in Colour from the Dagenham Archive

BANKS

my bank balance
any fees
the 
online facilities - all that
theyre
a
willing
blind
spot
i trust to a sedate unchanging routine

but
some mornings
i 
MUST
get ontheline and look - i'll be feverish and chain smoking
and
in
a
cold sweat 
but
if 
the big number is big enough - thats ok with me

but you know you got to check
cos of all those bankers you hear about
in the news and the clever papers
in
the
grown
up world - well theyre adults taking childish risks
sheltered 
by
friends with wigs 
and 
all the laws they got 
just 
for 
computer numbers

well
these bankers
theyre
riding
gold
ponies
round the diamond mines

and
they
dont
play
monopoly
fair

from telegraph.co.uk