CEMEMTERY FRAGPOP

i 

tried
not 

to 

think about it

but 

i 

was in the cemetery

so what can you do ?

SHINY HANDLE OF PRE-PLASTIC RESIN

'Man eats meat, and he grows fur.' 

Vasily Grossman



i fall open
like a book
at its well read 

& favourite pages

or i try to . . .

but everything flows 

& i give myself up

to the noise & the not

to the forever & the never

or i try to . . .

& zen nihilism reaches into the drawer

for a hand-me-down no-name kitchen knife

with a shiny handle of pre-plastic resin

&

slices my good ham thin

in a porterhouse dream

or it tries to . . .

POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO EARTH Nos 1, 2 & 3

1. THE SUN

its round
like a circle
is round

and
lit
up
like
gas mark 8



2. THE BARMAN

sometimes working
sometimes not



3. THE BATMAN

sometimes working
sometimes wayne

pic from astroengine.com

NOT THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE