SCARED ENOUGH PT1

they got us 

  scared enough

to judge

  the size of boats

& monitor 

  our sick neighbours

for the 

  slightest signs of health

COTSWOLD OF THE SOUL

 

  its 

  a 

cotswold of the soul

  out here - 

    

    in

    an 

 englishmans 

 back garden

green menagerie 

~

  neighbours 

 mongrel drek

 barked harsh

 over & behind

    the

 tumble fence 

 slat wobble

is egos caveat id

photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

DELIRIUM TAPAS VOL 11

me & sick friend

well

we compared symptoms

like twisted top trumps it was

tea stain

pee stain

on the tshirt shore

~


i hear neighbours dumb arriving

& i think HAND GRENADE

i hear news / see the sadness

& i think HAND GRENADE

& so on

curl round it / throw it / i dont know

they never even work out in video games

photo - Dumb Neighbours Probably (found photograph) from the Dagenham Archive

HEADLINE HASH MASH 4

& 
the paper says

18 rubberneckers 
caught gawking
mown down 
by hit & run 
karma talking 


& 
tv shows

monkey posse medals
shopping channel pushed
for
kipple collecting

& 
the politic summary is

totemic
polemic
fairy tale
rhetoric
discombobulating 

~

& 
local news is

the red berry bush
is breeze nodding  
meditation quietly
&
the retired cat
my leg attacks
forgetful & hungrily
&
ambulances 
line up
streetside
for our neighbours
elderly
wordly
&
cattle 
orderly

from mattsharplaw.com

STRING THIS PEACE ALONG ( A FOUR POP )

i am in a calm garden picture

stretched out
in 
the
shade & flies

& simple sounds are somehow doom

  its
    all 
      turned inside out

~

over the fence neighbours voices
are   
muttering unintelligible 
&
a child somewhere 
whines 
lazy & unremarkable

then a jetplane miracle 
keys gods skyblue fender - ha !
its 
rumble is late & theatrical
is 
a 
harbinger ? 

its toxic legacy is legible 

~

the 
rustle of a dirty pigeons wings
segues 
into
the
soft siren of a dove - this is peace i decide

the 
peace
before

    EndTimes 

    of 

itanks & mad weather / bodies flying like skittles

~

lets 
string 
this 
peace 
along i decide - i must stay stretched out
in
the
shade & flies

like that king who fought the tide 

from www.theminiaturespage.com