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c a b b a g e s ( s e g a b b a c )
…
c lumped in pissing patches
cauliflower cousins
a nagram of begs a scab
apostles of the bat’s broth
b etter fried than steamed
brow beating laser brains
b lending men with vegetables
biblical blithers
a phid magnets
apophis’s fodder
g reat year harvest cheer
gargles in the garden
e verything is spanners
eat your bloody greens
s tep aside & breathe
sing ’em assunder
…
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prune ( enurp )
…
rhymer of moon
a spoon
a loon
rich in vitamin k
fruit of a tree
in me
a key
like a sprite in the grey
cousin of plums
the sums
of tums’
constipated delay
bustin’ a dam
a can
& bam
shit the timber away
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may day not mayday ( yadyam ton yad yam )
…
pinch another punch
this is not a sinking ship
as the morris dancers skip
rhyme the time of crunch
blurting on the fist
calendars ‘n’ caterwauls
bouncing balls ‘n’ rubber walls
vernal splurges versed
ribbon ’round a pole
seek a greener pagan grail
chase the spin of summer’s tail
prancing as a foal
gibbon on this day
under skins of onion sky
flutter like a butterfly
in the moth of may
gather knotted nuts
hedge along a pasture’s path
with a dog, a sack ‘n’ staff
as the pheasant struts
waxing like a loon
irk the needle – ink a scene
weave the scree of in between
’til the moons of a june
…
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multiversal variations ( snoitairav lasrevitlum )
…
twinned with seven twins
yet a single child
raised by snakes
& badgers in the wild
spreading buttercups
up all bloody night
mainly sleeping in
whisking wyvern eggs
other kitchenettes
under other suns
belgian bungalows
peking prefabs
blow a different nose
re-invent the anorak
poets run this shit
no one’s heard of poets
purple purrs the earth
as the planet’s puce
or a shade of beige
’til the unicorn wars
fly like hedgehog men
baths in ginger beer
fending off ten ton
earwigs with a spanner
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fish flaps ( spalf hsif )
…
floating with the ghosts
as the sunken sun un-shrouds
smoking mackerel clouds
…
~
flap shat ( tahs palf )
…
gloom upon the snooze
globalism’s golden yoke
cattle dance the blues
all is balls ‘n’ war
shivers in y’cotton socks
colder than before
gulp the evening air
hark, the snarls ‘n’ barks of snarks
dark cathedral fare
see the minions weave
tapestries of tragedies
mirrors up a sleeve
parrot ’til y’sick
piping panic’s pantomime
shit another brick
gasp a precious breath
run atop a phantom hill
chase the tail of death
…
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life is butter dream ( maerd rettub si efil )
…
butterflies spreading wings
butter up the bolting blue
bounce around like butter balls
rubber walls or butter beans
~
butterscotch is hopping songs
butter biscuits in a tin
but a buttress burrs in me
bread & butter head
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butterfingers buttercup
buttermilk for butternuts
( butteries not included )
as the world still churns
…
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the things we sing ( gnis ew sgniht eht )
…
hymns from within
sprouting in the out
seasonal soliloquies
nature’s shifting shapes
squibs from squidded nibs
paper poem planes
birdbrain choruses
scrawl is love & walruses
sounds from the soul
salad in a bowl
irking normal’zzz balls
bouncing as a bomb
supper with aplomb
odes upon this road
letters from the dead
lists & post-it notes
soft rock ballads
shat pop cheese
spinning with the air
like seedlings on a breeze
trad-anon’s back catalogue
bat flap fare
songs upon a sixpence
life in wonky keys
…
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bat manifesto ( ostefinam tab )
…
– twilight is renamed as dawn
– morning is re-classed as evening
– reclaim the caves & churchyards
– upside down is the right way round
– darkness is bright
if the sound bounces back
– batteries not included
– bats of the world unite
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post scriptum scribbles
…
after the spanners
a spindle is run
x’s not hexes
the kiss of a gun
spanning the vista
a mackerel is seen
over the clover
a ghost of a skein
there is a parsnip
a ptarmigan too
hitching a lift with
a stone in a shoe
down in the dingle
the badgers awake
dusk is a dusting
the icing of cake
bouncing in transit
the cheque’s in the mail
thanks for the letter
& god save the snail
planets in motion
a twinkle of eyes
what with an atlas
the wear in the wise
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