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mute ptarmigans ( snagimratp etum )
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silent like the p
lo, the soundless grouses croak
see with subtitles
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mute ptarmigans ( snagimratp etum )
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silent like the p
lo, the soundless grouses croak
see with subtitles
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time loopy ( ypool emit )
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after a catnap
reinvent the wheelbarrow
or the drawing board
or the drawing board
yet the egg’s a scrambled code
lower the drawbridge
lower the drawbridge
wander in the evening fog
dreaming of daylight
dreaming of daylight
as the jabbers boost the beast
toodleooh t’you
toodleooh t’you
sighing for a mug o’ tea
sing the kettle on
sing the kettle on
nestle in a speckled book
chapter eight again
chapter eight again
chapter nine is calling i
after a catnap
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collectivism will tear us apart ( trapa su raet lliw msivitcelloc )
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swans upon a dreaming daze
songs beyond the river’s haze
of a morning’s nature walk
seeking beaming solar rays
music is a mutant key
stirs the steaming soup in me
ticks the cockles, warms a box
all’s an otter’s odyssey
so the pickled poems flow
where the haring air is fro
like a shrew within y’ shoe
moorland’s calling – climb ‘n’ grow
seek the purple heather – quick
sucking not the rainbow’s dick
bending not a knee or neck
worship not the needle’s prick
let the herded cattle moo
lost with not a pissing clue
swivel little villagers
swimming in the ‘rona’s pooh
wobble this ‘n’ sounding that
bouncing ‘neath a bobble hat
be an individual
normalzzz is a fucking twat
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alternative names for frost ( tsorf rof seman evitanretla )
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underfoot’s crunch stuff
jack’s magic sugar-dust
puddle toughener
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bakewell tartaria ( airatrat llewekab )
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bakewell tartaria
a frangipan land
with raspberry jam
& flaky butter pastry
the almonds of yore
with rivers of custard
a pudding erased
( as seen in daydreams )
the internet’s abuzz
– of course they still had teatime
during all them mud floods
in the daze of yon
so put the kettle on
& let the steam scream
drool on a stool
& type yourself normalzzz
prod the phantom veil again
flee the cave unchained
smoke another bifter
sing a wanker song
a flan for all seasons
for truthers with sweet tooths
& pubes upon their palms
who think this egg’s a dome
( nob’eads )
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( author notes )
this poem is dedicated to the late archbishop desmond tutu
who’s now in heaven with his father, desmond one one
so thoughts & prayers to his wife, mrs. tutu
& their lovely baby boy, desmond three three
– long live the desmonds
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secret code – secrete cod ( doc eterces – edoc terces )
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bury fear in february
find the charm in march
& emit time
flowing in wolf gin
seek the lows in owls
spud war & upwards
clod us in clouds
reach for stars or tsars
spinning so in sinning sop
breathing in giant herb
ogle v in glove
see the vole in love
oscillate those lilac toes
santa & satan
live life like an anagram
or
a rag man
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twelve daze of christmas ( samtsirhc fo ezad evlewt )
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twelve plumbers bumming
eleven spiders typing
ten fjords a-weeping
nine daisies dancing
eight babes a-milfing
seven nonces spilling
six m.p’s a-praying
five y’olden kings
four morning turd’s
three hench hens
two myrtle gloves
& a parsnip up my arse
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yet in eleven ( nevele ni tey )
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grapevines
violins
voodoo
blu tack
blackbirds
bursaries
mermaids
myrmidons
myrtle
meteoric
murmurations
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s o l s t i c e ( e c i t s l o s )
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s outhern or northernmost
sun on a seesaw
o nce the up is down
or the down is up
l ower than an earthworm
lofty like a goshawk
s pot the burning ball
scramble up a hillock
t ry & lick its chin
tickle both its elbows
i n a heavy coat
in a light t-shirt
c amera in hand
catch the sinking rise
e quinox in three months
eggs in a circle
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the stuff of sunday afternoon ( noonretfa yadnus fo ffuts eht )
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sweep the backyard
humming kumbaya
with a wooden brush
or a broom shaped branch
in the potting shed
tinker with your death ray
suck a murray mint
eat a sweet satsuma
hide from curtain twitchers
twisted like their knickers
win another stare-off
with a gawpy garden gnome
pause for a coffee
a sneezy & a burp
read the paper’s headlines
chuckle at the doom porn
laughing as the normalzzz
bask in mask psychosis
them of s & m’s whip
true ghoul fodder
draw a snoring stickman
scribble in a notepad
plod beside the river
under scrumpled sheets of mizzle
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