LUDDITE

i am one 

unsupported proprietary tech away

from going
full luddite

& sleeping outside

in the cats places

& showering 

only if it rains

& roasting plundered veg

over deadfall timber

in a place amazon vans

could & would 

never ever 

come

INSINUATING, 2 X FRAGPOPS

torn
hot
shreds
of boeing parts

rain
bimonthly

on the school yard astroturf

& the struggling eggshells there

~

now the plastic death cult

has hijacked my priorities

& i search new raincoats online

with every black cloud & shower

instead of painting these muted roses

PHONE WANTS ALL THE JOBS

need a buffer
before the day

a refresh / a defrag / a purge

& tho the phone wants the job

wants all the jobs

i know a shower will do it best

wet ritual rebirth
so then
i can
attempt
myself
again

clean parts i hope will fool the mind

COBWEB ELBOWS

i worry
that memories
may degrade
with each needy use

like a favourite jumper

already skeined thin

at its cobweb elbows

& i worry i dont 

husband them enough

like maybe

i should be

~

but still

the fallen garden apples

gone sweet with rot 

& all the flies there

conjure crystal 

childhood moments

of paddington ringer t's

& moccasin slippers

gone slippy & shiny underneath

& still 

the supermarket shower gel

of jungle & sport & sage 

mirrors those mornings long ago

when things

were different

enough to count

RITICULATED NOSTALGIA

DAWN FLASHBACKS

dawn
was hot boiled eggs
was an ersatz citrus shower*

dawn
was all the flashbacks
the above entail

& they would crowd me
like inside a kaleidoscope
on my way to work
hangover in my backpack
wheels in the wet
memories on tap

on tap ? dam burst !

~

*SHOWER PRODUCT FLASHBACK

the school organised
work experience
bus journey
to
the
dead dead office**
of drawing boards
& resentment
& nose hair
& silence the radio could not cut
& that ammonia copier
in the windowless room
downstairs away from them

(& lunch in the murky mall
 bench outside Our Price
 everyone buying
 Superdrug hair gels

 & Pet Shop Boys lps
 & shrieking at fashion)

~

**DEAD OFFICE FLASHBACK

sat on the carpet
after spam & beans

& kids lunchtime TV
shows Playschool

going thru the round window

or thru the square window

to
show
me
the factories & the working farms
&
the
grey grey grey
of it all
when i was four

MOVING WATER, A PILL PACK POP

CONSUMABLES & CONVENIENCES RANKED

 

hot coffee

(strong & black)
hot shower

(with a fresh shorn head)
the cheeseburger

(with bacon)

juggle podiums in my mind

now that
cigarettes (marlboros camels luckies) 

& 

whisky (any)
are

disqualified 

&

relegated

to the 

naughty step

r i p

yes

PARAPHRASING & NOT IN THE SAME BALLPARK

epstein
had
an
egg-shaped cock

i cant unhear this so now neither can you

this was from a court hearing
epstein walked out


~


madonna pisses in the shower
for athletes foot prevention

i cant unhear this so now neither can you

this was on the radio

its all i remember she said

RETAINING THE MANTRA JAG

theres words in the shower

a poesy tsunami clarity roll 

moving water a trigger ?
whatever - dont question it

you get out careful-fast

foolish fall on your mind

repeating 

the collapsing madness 

desperate 

to cling to just enough

of the 

raining mantra jag

to

go

on

photo - Glimmer from the Dagenham Archive

MORNING POP

i 

wake 

in 

that
familiar fugly unfunk

sickness rebooted

&

dream fringes lurking -

baby in a matchbox / a car came thru the wall

lets leave that there

~

 

a Box of Rain is dancing in my ears
& 

again

once i made it there

i thank o holy whofuckingever
for shower technology
for water itself

&

the thick black coffee

waiting by the glass typer

hoping my fingers

will talk to

my mind today

photo Coffee Again from the Dagenham Archive

POEMS FOR ALIENS, A PARTIAL GUIDE TO THE EARTH Nos 4 & 5

4. THE CLOUDS

like sheep
when sheep
hide their legs
and head

but
moving still
as 
if
blown on a wind



5. THE RAIN

like the shower*
but bigger

and outdoors
to
keep
the
animals** clean

pic from baarmychris.wordpress.com

* entry not yet available
** see entry No 8

USING THE TOILET LIKE A LOSER

in the shower-

every time i think
of that interview 
madonna gave on the tv
where she said
pissing in the shower
is good for your feet
and anyone who doesnt
well theyre a liar

well in the shower-

i
can
never
relax those muscles now

cos i think of madge doing it
and she always squatting
and its so off

and
i
wonder
if
shes
doing it

right now

while i piss in the toilet
like a loser

from famousfemalecelebrities.blogspot.it

POME POP PICS

PEAK OF CIVILISATION

i
have
8
day dreams
before
i
got
the first coffee down me
and
the
shower on
at the wall

a
mashpot
of
dark fantasy
and
last weeks movies
with
faces 
from 
the Then and the Now
playing
bit
parts
for
scale

and then in the shower
i am 
insulated
surrounded

cocooned
and
wombed

in the hot inside rain

its
the
peak
of
human
civilisation

and i will get out
cheaply reborn
and take on the days sanity

but not just yet

from diydoctor.org

XMAS EVENING

tv does a countdown of xmas movies without finesse
all low grade critics 
and soap faces
talking personal experience
not
objective 
critique
and when they've done Die Hard and Trading Places
she
goes
to
shower
the long day
off
herself
while i sit cross legged on the bedspread
in a crisp white towel
and
meditate
to the sound of running dancing water
for
one
long
minute