BAD NEWS ANTIDOTE - SMALL TOWN FLUFF #5

as antidote to the bad news
& for those out there
in persecutions arbitrary claw
who cannot sit & rest & think
in bombless peace
i present more small town fluff

~

& the sky last night
was silver & pink & orange
& a dark & deep & dirty blue
& yes i took bad photos thanks

& an amazon van & myself
leapfrogged each other down the hill 

with goodbye horses on the van stereo

also - vals house 

over the road 

is guarded by crows

so we wonder if shes a vampire slayer

& under their protection

REACH THE MOON

i

am
unable
to market
my posey jags
to the fickle whims
of the logarithmics
& the nascent AI trawls

but getting fragpop poems
out there on paper wings
in the real IRL meat 'scapades
is sometimes a better story

so if you find this
you are who its for
& my thanks
reach the moon

DO YOU THO ?

i give afternoon tv

all the progress

the mornings fresh air 

gave me

it fills the spaces
i cant look at

with stories 

i wont believe

& while i grant it
credit & thanks

i know its a tool box
& never a church

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

EYES HALF SHUT, WARNING - SARCASTIC USE OF INVERTED COMMAS

next you know youre 'awake'

all the props have been reset

worry - present / anxiety - check

you lurch like spam on bone
into the barbed & coiled day

another 'experiment' in 'intelligence'

you call the 'surgery'

you 'feel' like a redial app

'ready' to listen to the on-hold muzak

&

recorded 'thanks' in the static crackle

one eye only

& thats half shut

which vain glorious 'dr'

will waste your 'time'

on the phone 

today ?