& JUST BREATHE

 

what strained-ego vanity

are these coded expositions ?

& writing that

is kinda like

thinking about thinking

gin & sawdust 

the jukebox rats 

whats their names ?

& milk trains 

& spur lines

& wild roses 

browned edges crumbling 

& the trees 

all the trees 

& just breathe

FOR MY PEOPLE

read an article in a broadsheet
about the increase of poetry sales
off the back of the odyssey

& the rise of . . . instapoets !?

& briefly piqued i read on 

but i recognised no names there

from right here

& on behalf of my people
i got in a right mood
& i stopped flushing the toilet

until medical intervention
& semantic investigation
arrived me home

LIKE ONLY ONCE

dont
ever think you have been forgotten
in
the grey exchange of memory trade
because
theres people out there
who
wake up remembering the faces
&
the times & the names
&
the places & the games
they
only maybe met or saw or heard

like only once before

MARGARINE SMEAR

    sun hidden 
    behind
  pollution smog
     isnt 
     the 
wholesome butter yellow
  of
  the
  story book drawings 
remembered from way back when

    its
     a
margarine smear now

  god eye
  cataracts

closing closing in

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JUST LIKE THE REST OF US

   and god 
   
   he 
   thinks 
   hes 

piecing together 
another premadonna
in his giant playground game

    when
    hes
    just 
  lost his car

    just
  like the rest of us

somewhere in the night time 
     shopping mall 
     carpark city

and 
forgotten all our names

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GLOSSY PUPPIES

years slide by / sneak by / come and go
they whisper hello and goodbye 
they mumble half words 
like 
ghosts and phantoms 

its about numbers / always numbers / important amounts 
but
the meanings are mashed up
like
plasticine balls
till
all
the
vivid colours
become 
one dirty beige shade
and
veined
with carpet fluff

the months / the days / the diminishing cycle
is
just puppies on a spiral calendar
glossy / happy / dull distractions
hanging
by 
the 
fridge and scribbled on - attempts to decode 
the 
moments
and
important amounts

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KNACKERED CUTLERY MONKEY

buddy
bruv
boss
mr

friend lover
son brother

rock
flake
fake
and wonder

child or moody oldster

i been all these
and more

like

boozehound
shithawk 
scruffy fuck

no surprise i'm tired
and thinking death BETTER 
be
an
a nice
old
folks home
with good chairs
and
one
name