the headache says
all the patterned shirts
must stay in the armoire
let them yell
behind closed doors
& you reread the braille of scars
& moles
& miscellaneous
waiting for silk wind
in the sandpaper land
dressed in low stimulus grey
Showing posts with label scars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scars. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
KINGS & QUEENS YOU THINK
& born
youre an empty cup
unpourable you think
on midnight embers
unlucky in glass & fads
& grown
youre kings & queens you think
summoning plastic wants
on the amazon wind
drug-bent on the coast roads dawn
& street-sad youre time fried
a take-out beaker you think
in a chiaroscuro smudge-fest-pop
& you
think
Think
THINK
first time caller - longtime stalker
echo cursed in ash & bauble
on talk radio oblivion fm
photo - Finger in Colour from the Dagenham Archive
Thursday, 26 March 2020
ARMOUR MOON, DEMOB REDUX
i
always wore armour
under
a boozers moon
as
heavy
as
its
forged
past felt
&
i called out
for
more
fuel more fuel more fuel
~
hell
saw
me
then
vain-glorious
in the piss-alley
&
came
for my ego in legion
now
i am
naked
lighter demobbed half-undone
just
one more struggle-pup
counting
scars & stars
another
scratch & sniff sinner
pretending
hes won
under
a losers moon
satan-lite
& cherub thin
unfallen
like rehab
sitting
on the cement steps
of
our
seaside
mongrel nation
from spectator.co.uk
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
DISHCLOTH RHYME
& all the damaged people
& all the ravaged people
their
praying knuckles
build a payday steeple
they
hold together
with duct tape
with gypsy heather
their
blind scars hear
incoming weather
hung out to dry
dishcloth dirty & unkillable
under
the
budget airline
scrimshaw sky
from pinterest.com
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
AND HELL CAME
back when i wore armour
under a boozers moon
it
was
heavy
and
i
would always
need more fuel
hell
saw
me
then
vain glorious in the piss-alley
and came for my ego in legion
now i am naked
lighter
demobbed and half done
just
another
struggle-pup counting scars and stars
in
our
seaside mongrel nation
from moviepilot.com
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