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s odden ground sounds
q uenched earth belching
u nderfoot’s a bog
e very field’s a slog
l isten as each step
c lodly burps us on
h ome in muddy wellies
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s odden ground sounds
q uenched earth belching
u nderfoot’s a bog
e very field’s a slog
l isten as each step
c lodly burps us on
h ome in muddy wellies
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clementine
grey day coat
falcon feather duster
cocktail sticks
raven feather boa
dolly mixture sweets
chocolate too
a second hand thyrsus
cuckoo sun dial
a phrygian cap
white wax candle
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a scattering of cushions
tulip bulbs
three lucky pennies
a trombone nose
a toothpaste stained shirt
sky blue shoes
strawberry sherbet
cola cubes
yesterday’s headlines
excalibur
occasional table cloths
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puddles, puddles, puddles
strawberry jam
a temporary bus stop
bad nasal hair day
the lab technician’s vest
the florist’s lament
dogs in fog
pickled onion monster munch
mandarin ducks
the ten of ruddy cups
& odd socks as always
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road works everywhere
leaky apple cartons
crescent moonbeams
pygmy shrews
bugle head screws
queues to stand in queues
the ombudsman’s chin
the curate’s smegma
stamford street cheese
carpet burns on both knees
snarks in the garden
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the fully-clothed streaker
wore a sandy hoodie
baggy like a yesteryear
underneath a blue tu coat
but so low it overlapped
t-shirt first though
layer under-over layer
so many layers
baggy black tracky b’s
two boxers below
even grey woollen gloves
( five squid from matalan )
odd socks as always
white trainers from shoezone
( formerly bacons )
plus a green sheepy hat
so only the face
was truly exposed
to the frosty winds of truth
but the little village botlings
still saw flesh
fabric became skin
in the squint of the night
dim from a distance
a striptease with no strip – or tease
( should have gone to specsavers )
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potato farls
ginkgo biloba
an antique farthing
magnesium citrate
rider-waite tin
lutein supplements
a can of ectoplasm
zinc in tablet form
a bus card home
a bull shark’s pelvis bone
answers on book shelves
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the morning wore a fez
& everyone ate flapjack
perhaps the stars agree
& so the starlings crow
the robins didn’t peck
the archbishop’s fat balls
beginning when its spinning
upon this cosmic egg
a ripple in your journal
& colonel mustard’s gas
the gaps between each simile
a sea of silver darlings
a varnished table leg
a cappuccino sheen
the ghost of old november
her bugles & bassoons
remember this & glisten
the river in your ear
a disappearing here
the horn on each gazelle
electric jellied eels
she’ll never text you back
the evening burped too soon
a dirge in perfect purple
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fog, fog, fog
a piggy in the mizzle
a misty grey fog
is howling in silence
a true mime artiste
while the fog fogs on
alone in this fog
shiver like a whisper
facing faceless fog-folk
once upon the gone
fog me rigid
the fogless town is far
or seven yards by step
it’s gone fog o’clock
& time’s in phantom form
the fog don’t give a fog
muddy wellys trudge
but fog knows the way home
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wanda’s orgasmic antique hatstand
wolfgang’s orrery after halloween
willow’s other artificial hip
wilfred’s organic artichoke harvest
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