terms in contradiction


Poetry is practically invincible

like a tough young Buddhist cat,

a ball-resistant moth

or a warfarin tolerant rat.





As poetry refuses to die

like a relative

- well fortified & remaining unconquerable,

with the keep tower standing proud

its lofty attic in the clouds

but in many ways

it's still very vulnerable

...




the sun is secretly belgian

The Sun is secretly Belgian

but it's never told a soul

like Eddie Merx,

Stella Artois

or the Smurfs

for fear of losing its sway

& control.





As some Sun worshippers

would demmand blood if they found out

& no doubt

switch their allegiences

to the moon (!),

oh the Sun is secretly Belgian

& Jupiter's diabetic

but don't tell a single sausage

or that sun will come for you

...

















breads will roll…




Poems are alive

yet often vermin

& sleep deprived

all toss & turnin'.





Poems are good friends

of most knaves & thought-trains

yet naturally wary of focus,

plus understandably partial

to mystery parcels

& how they love munchin' on locust.





Poems are the sounds of the bastard hills,

poems are a lovely monkey

in a dream,

most poems shoplift

but only from the big stores

safe in the knowledge

that they'll outlive the Queen

...