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the kit

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the kit ( tik eht )

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paper planes, rusted keys
twisted tongues, dictionaries
solitude, hinterlands
inner-whirls, sinking sands
phantom hands, falling fruits
feathered friends, walking boots
bubble bath, drums ‘n’ brakes
bramble jam, jaffa cakes
cotton buds, undertows
overcoats, dominoes
cockleshells, ink in wells
lemon pith, silver bells
rubber ducks, onion tears
as the sun – disappears
scatter graphs, tangled knots
kitchen sinks, pissing pots
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flavour of the moth

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flavour of the moth ( htom eht fo ruovalf )

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a punch in the balls
of sun-shunning cousins
lepidoptera emperors
elephantine hawks
sweet silken metaphors
& eaters of socks
them that hang with rabid cats
flaps between the bats

 

rising up with phosphorous
in the gloaming’s ghost
flutters of a sputtering
as an owlet howls
wing a spread – like butterflies
in the sweats of night

 

taste the licks of light again
– my tongue
is a flame
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anthony n.p.c

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anthony n.p.c ( c.p.n ynohtna )

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time twisting space
untied shoelaces
pennies from comets
manna from the sky gods
black dog turds
dead red ants
cow brown mud
the myth of solid ground
found backdoor keys
silver snail trails
pavement cracks hungering
rose petal snow
as you plod along
in your normalzzzzzzz world
clumps of chewing gum
under your footsteps
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the nu-normalzzzzzzz …

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the nu-normalzzzzzzz … ( … zzzzzzzlamorn-un eht )

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listen to the snooze
& shat y’ padded pants

 

wipe y’ backside
with stockpiled bog roll

 

bang on pans ‘n’ pots
like a toddler on drums

 

live online
& shun the sun’s shine

 

eat baked beans
with y’ fingers from the tin

 

flea outdoors
& face the town’s clown frown

 

support y’ local shop
& the latest global race war

 

or you’re a wrong’un
soon to be erased

 

keep two metres
like chevrons on the m1

 

sneeze with caution
– it’s pantomime season

 

wash them hands
or a dying nan dies

 

fight the phantom flight
like a bear swatting flies

 

wear a sterilised
yashmak on the bus

 

be a good robot
a prole with no soul

 

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another summer daze

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another summer daze ( ezad remmus rehtona )

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tripping on cowslips
swift swish salad daze
grey greens undergrowth
clouds burst bubble gum
sneeze breeze inbetween
sun spots polka dots
seesaw sauropods
bright white bicycle
backspin radishes
bluebird afternoons
dogwood ditherings
wrong tree barbecue
long dark garden hose
goosegrass wickets stick
sweet pea bottleneck
beetroot echelon
flipflop phonics foam
spume bank river run
snail trail laser gun
deep sea gulliver
gung-ho oberon
purr, persephone
catnap letterheads
nettle soup spoon loon
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twisting tales

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twisting tales ( selat gnitsiwt )

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the dream was not a dream
until the dreamer dreamt
of bends within beginnings
& stings in twisting tales
a spanner in the quirks
a hornet in an apiary
the beige beyond the rage
& so the serpents sing
of scorpions at war
the milkman is a hobgoblin
the sea is up above
& ground is underground
the wolf is but a sheep
& shepherd boys are androids
the sun was once the moon
the stars are distant candles
the secret is the garden
the butler was a patsy
who couldn’t kill a fly
a monkey wrote the bible
your uncle is a goat
your godmother’s an antelope
the whirled is spun with mirrors
& this is not a poem
( gotcha )
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jack o’ the greenswards

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jack o’ the greenswards ( sdrawsneerg eht ‘o kcaj )

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seek the hillocks of green
king of inbetween

 

bee a pillock & fly
glint in winter’s eye

 

pop a bubble or two
summer is the glue

 

spin the land of the edge
hoggets in a hedge

 

yonder’s carrots ‘n’ kicks
swimming through the styx

 

shun suburbia’s lull
mute the screaming skull

 

from the gland of the grey
lanterning the way

 

round the back of the town
jumping up ‘n’ down
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