aardvark baritones

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aardvark baritones  (  i t ‘ s  a l l  j u s t  o n e  b i g  f u c k  o f f  . . .  s s h h h  )




aardvark baritones

avocado saxophones

tin a flute of newt


catnip clarinets

soft enamel badger sweats

vicars in a twist


howl owl brussel sprouts

cabbages & muffled shouts

bat & flap a toot


moo blue unicorns

spew a tune in cuneiform

shakers rake a fist


bandstand adder breaks

alan, eve & dancing snakes

plucking fucking fruit


hum drum double bass

sticklebacks & mackerel sprats

as the lizards list


shit this, fiddle pie

as the river glimmers ' bye '

scribble i - on lute


baa la reverie

noggin on the feathery

marching in the mist

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mrs worthington is calling

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mrs worthington is calling  (  r o c k  on  2 0 1 8  )




as i shat among the cabbage

& a porpoise pods a pea

mrs worthington is calling

with her spectred reverie


in the sneezes of the breezes

& the mumbles of a bee

as an organ grinds a gibbon

& a dustman chimes in key


tiperary's palms are hairy

on the prom beside the sea

mr porter had eight daughters

every one was a henry


then we bicycle a chorus

aspidistras dwarf a tree

in the marbles of the garden

when y'old music hall - haunts me

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then september sonnets

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then september sonnets  (  a  p o e m  )



balls upon the spawning

barristers are courting

phantom horses snorting

canter, clip & clop


pheasants peck the welkin

witches grin as spells sing

chapels flap as bells ring

badgers black a bop


crabs are storming forward

apples haunt the orchard

pears & hares are cornered

as the forests flop


& the woodland wobbles

as the weasels waffle

ships at sea in bottles

seasons scheme & swap


sod it, quips the noggin

yonder bobs a robin

snails upon a coffin

face the grey & hop


chickens pecking linguists

rumplestiltskin tin-ribs

helicopter english

chipper chip & chop


then september sonnets

from a mizzled forest

( sort of wood or coppice )

drizzle drip & drop


crows above in circles

sheep are fleeced in thermals

as the summer curdles

so the weasels pop

( fin )

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quarter past fuck knows

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quarter past fuck knows  (  f o r  y e t i  &  n e s s i e  )



quarter past fuck knows

weevils on a drunken eve

yawning morning dew


dial a sun, crow toes

spiral like an afternoon

dinosaur at two


bumblebees, breeze blows

robots on a roman road

clocks of cuckoo spew


burble 'erb - thyme flows

flapping as a pantomime

flying back to you

( ? )

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sycamore

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sycamore  (  a  p o e m  )





in black chapels of crab apples

as jack-badgers jig in jaggles

& chip chaffinch chatter jackals

as a maiden tames a shrew


in fir forests of frost otters

as frog-florists cough in coffers

& green beavers sneeze on loggers

as the vicars sniff on glue


in red temples of lead pencils

as black adders fast for lentils

& grey ravens bass the trebles

as the saxons tax a pew


or squawk orchards of auk orphans

as incisors grind on organs

& jawed georgians war with gorgons

i shall sycamore - for yew

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