illegible & others too

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illegible, the message read
‘yer dinner’s in the potting shed’
impossible, the painter cried
to catch the scale of heaven’s wide

impeccable, the chicken clucked
a west wind blew, yer sister sucked
illusory, the curate claimed
& all the bots online were blamed

a hedgerow poet scribbled once
the abrahamic god’s nonce
& other gods live in this green
the middle east is not my scene

industrious, the playwright minced
the breakfast plates are washed & rinsed
intentional, the milkman knew
a flying pig would scale the blue

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unscrambled easter eggs

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the washing up
won’t do itself

a photograph
of long before

the second left
& carry on

do you recall
her maiden name?

& whisk until
the mixture burps

a robin on
a broken fence

it could be three
or forty six

a toothpaste stain
confused again

we needed salt
& lemon curd

so focus on
a waxing moon

the cobwebs on
the window sill

then let’s begin
before the end

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acrostic of don’ts

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d illydally on the way

or play with safety matches

atop a bale o’ hay

o pen the unlucky box

with mustard gas, electric shocks

or play leapfrog – with a triceratops

n otice the declining lines

as observation is the gimp

of faded since from former times

t ickle a great white shark

or mince through

any urban park – after dark

s norkel in the hepatitis c

or climb the wall covered

in h.i.v

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the purple hair brigade

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who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade?

nose pierced like
bullocks at the market?

who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade

branded with tattoos
a rainbow coloured heart

who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade?

snorting with intent
like a badger in the fog

who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade?

beastly be thy fate
fodder of ‘be kind’

we must laugh back
at the madness of collective
‘ism & ides
of ‘eology & march
& rock their paddleboat
they come for your jokes
offence is only ever
taken with both hands – oh …

who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade?

stand or leapfrog
over their overtures

who’s afraid
of the purple hair brigade?

sod their bollox
& current thing death cults

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