OLD LEATHERS NEW FUR & OTHER AILMENTS

always 
blood bleeding
from some tear 
somewhere

red leaks 
out my 
meatbag 
canvas

~

& hair roots
have tumbled
from my crown

start new 
& lonely lives
where ever
their tumble
took them 

~

ridged nails
split & burr

joints crack & pop
like firewood coals

~

bike crash
thorn rips
show only
in high contrast photos

( vet patched me up
  yes - a vet )

~

& now
homeless
matter
beds down
inside
old scar
crevice
furrows

like a 
city-stained
overdue 
pressure-wash 
town hall

wearing the weather

from way-to-be-healthy.blogspot.com

PO QUEUE

post office queue 10 AM
posting a package to the USA
and
my problems turn to confetti
cos
the
guy in front of me
has a scar
on the back of his head
big 
and
round
as a dinner plate

what stories they cut out there  . . .

this guy
well
he is old and young
stressed as cracked leather
a
face like a WWI trench shot
TREMBLING
and
FIDGETING
in
unclean charity shop unchic
URGENTLY
sending a small package somewhere
for
68p

from news.bbc.co.uk