…

pacing the daylight

forwards & backwards

      after the index

      worms catching blackbirds

possibly this like

space-time’s curvature

      rearrange the furniture

      & run with the bath

while pants fly

blessed be thy pencil

      penicillin letterheads

      iceberg penfriends

cucumber-esque

winking like a wanker

      rhythm is a chancer

      normal is a yawn

in a rancid hair shirt

flapping with flags

      so flows leg it

      haring on the grass

guess the restless rest

strums the blooming moon

      soon is a poem

      gone was a song

…

…

tailbacks both ways
hazelnuts & cobwebs

pickled peppers, plums
pecking orders, pectin

steam trains, paper planes
tractors & combines

turtle doves, turpentine
second hand underpants

fly-tippers will be
shot with water pistols

trespassers may be
chased by hefty heifers

squawk with us, darling
let the nettles sting

singing songs of starlings
starfish & lead mine shafts

led by o.s maps
not gingerbread crumbs

drawing boards or desks
– sort of august-esque

september sucks
like your grandmother’s mouth

sun from the south
then rain from the west

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…

what was your last meal?

do your elbows go blue too?

is god a chaffinch?

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( author notes )

thoughts & prayers go out

to all the poor, poor victims

of this horrifically tragic haiku

… hashtag stay brave

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