DO YOU WANT TO BUY AN AIR FRYER ?

i 

think 

the poor & ridiculous

targeted ads
& shopping recommendations
that mildly blight you online
are maybe on purpose
to fool us
into thinking
we
need
not
worry

about 

this

creeping threat

& off we go 

in our gorpcore

& our mad boots

into our picture world

forgetting everything

while everyday
all it does 

is feed & learn

DREAMS & OTHER SKETCH POPS

he

dreamt

he

was

so poor

the only place to shit

was inside a fart

~

it

is

a

strange relief

to live with dread

when dread comes to town

hailing a ghetto cab
care home in its wake


~

he dreamt he

curled around

a hand grenade

&

burnt

his

inside bacon

crispy black

baked beans boiling
inside his brain pan


~


&
the things we made
they leave their stains

& 
the trees

welcoming & indifferent

well they die standing

passive aggressive 
with
an 
embarrassing multitude 
of 
essential uses

from cutthewheat.com

POLITICS, THE POOR & CIGARETTES

if it aint libya

its iraq

but coca colas ok

so is crack

~

give govts 

public health warnings

hide westminster

behind

plastic

curtains

like cigarettes

so only the hooked apply

~

bookies are fine

so is kfc

blame pokemon

& killer bees

~

to paraphrase the UN

'use of these ministers

 will cause harm

 to you & your baby'

~

cigarettes -

you set fire to them

enjoy a dangerous dance

& politicians -

well theres no hit there

both

cost

too

damn

much

~

its still tb badgers

used to be video nasties

used to be communists

now its millennials

~

if it aint minorities
its the poor
if it aint feckless youth
its the poor . . .

~

blame them

with humble nothing

get the breeders on tv-

look at them 

trying to enjoy parenthood

for

our

cheap

giggles

payday loans
filling the ad break

~

to paraphrase the UN

'use of these ministers

 will cause harm

 to you & your baby'

from clipground.com

PICASA MADRIGALS - RICH & RACE

THE PLANET OF SLUMS

CARDBOARD DREAMING

those

poor

carbon

stacks

delegated

an

unbelievable

unrelatable

shitarse

nothing

trapped

by

economics

in the

sad bad acres

of landfill ghetto

on

this

planet of slums

well they dream of having dreams

under polythene and pollution

on biodegradable cardboard sheets

OLYMPIC BULLDOZER

remember when

the bulldozers came ?

and flattened

our awful shacks ?

remember when

the olympics came ?

and they built that wall

to hide us from the road ?

no ?

too busy trying

to fuel

basic metabolism functions ?

me too me too

tho i always wondered

if those bulldozers

they got souls ?

and i feel for them

i mean made for building

werent they ?

and

look

what

they

had

to

do

whats that ?

the drivers you say ?

fuck em

theyre where

civil disobedience

should start

PASS THE BRANDY

theres a purity in being poor

dont you think ?

the simple life

of a frugal man

its got a ring to it

dont you think ?

imagine owning like two things ?

that must be liberating

dont you think ?

like being a monk i imagine

i mean if they

really wanted out

well theyd do something

about it wouldnt they ?

they must LIKE it there

dont you think ?

i can empathise in a way

i mean the waiting list

for bentleys these days

i blame the russians

dont you ?

well come on

pass the brandy

tarquin old chap

i cant face

the stables and mother sober

ARISTOCUNTS

and we cherish them

dont we ?

its our culture

isnt it ?

the races

afternoon tea

ski chalets

the boys club

daddys off-shore

the estate

the penthouse

butlers

maids

stable boys

an ancient groundskeeper

pheasants

foxes

stiff upper lips

backbone

harmless isnt it ?

like

a

costume

drama

like when we had india

MIDDLE

and the

royal-crazy mentalists

on the

low rungs

and the

professional clusterfuck

in the

madness middle

they

defend

the

world

above

them

preserve it

its their dream

all sure

they got some

blue blood somewhere

and

they

all

want

pity

for being left out

a guiltless way in

and never having

to look down

again

at those

trapped

down there

by

economics

on our

planet of slums

from amazon.com

ONLY PEOPLE

THOUGHTS ON TECH AND WEALTH

1. WEALTH

we're 
not 
Flatscreen Widescreen Touchscreen 
  RICH
if
they're 
not
Landfill Landmine Landgrab
  POOR


2. TECH

30 yrs after Deep Blue
motherboards
are
litter
on
3rd world beach - 
Deep Blue dismantled in chess win anti-gratitude
now
answers
phones
for
American Airlines

from chess.com

TWO SUNS

oh !
     to be on a two-sun class M planet 

stretched 
out 
on
an 
alien patio - an off-world first arrival

basking
in 
the 
beginnings 

     of 

     New Optimism . . .

     leaving 
          sick England fermenting
     in
     its
     war 
          surplus 
               tin

one 
sun 
     clings 
     to 
          unspoiled horizon
like melting 
          bubble 
               gum

the
other
flares 
          like its smudged - like its on another plane

          darker 
               and 
                    locked in glass

it
would
make a change from pissing
          on
          my
          own turds 
               everyday
while 
a 
          parliament 
          of 
          millionaires 

     take
     all
     the
poors perks away
     and
     tells
     them
its fair and caring

from articulate.com

FALSE STILTS

its hard and its far
and
theres no time 
so
tie boot laces tight
against
the
oceans
that
make
other places seem impossible

it looks short but it feels endless
this
functioning mush / this advertised median
between 
the unkillable poor
and
the
miserable lost smiles
of
the
rich

but you
can
still
smell
the
roses

or
paint
them

if you have allergies

from dw.de

?GOVERNMENT?

target poor and sick,
fund bankers, selves and royals.
rain thunders, scares cat.