FYI (THE MALKOVICH SHUFFLE)

i dont know if you remember 

john malkovich
in the assassination flick 

In The Line of Fire

when hes standing on a street corner
bad wig / gold tooth / double denim

hes watching eastwood at work 
&
of course eastwood spots him

the disguise ENSURES he stands out

well he sways from side side
rocks on his heels all weird like

& i do that

when i am standing around

in the post office

in the bank queue
done that since i saw it

rock on my heels all weird

thanks for listening

STRANGE DUCKLINGS

look at them strange ducklings !

he says
on the pm bus
our shift over early

look at them out there !
where do you even
buy an anorak like that ?

he
laughs out loud
with
genuine glee

i love finishing this early !

he says
nose to the window

you never see them strange ducklings 
out and about
when
us
normals
are
do you ?

and his laugh
changes into
a
kind
of
whoooop of triumph
as
he
spots a man on a street corner
buttoned up all wrong
in an 80s ski jacket
fiddling
with
two pairs of headphones
and 
a 
brown vinyl shopping trolley
like
an
old
woman
might
have
used
twenty years ago

from ebay.co.uk

ON PURPOSE

once upon a time
a long long time ago
on
a
nowhere street corner
of
short garden walls and cropped lawns
a
much younger me
locked
away
all
his 
confused and conflicting emotions 
deep deep deep inside
his
skinny boy guts
and
felt
a
wonderful
short
term
buzz
of
control and freedom

 from sikhanonymous.wordpress.com