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goodnight spool world ( dlrow loops thgindoog )

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scribble drips ‘n’ drops

      dribble drops ‘n’ drips

pencil cases, rubbers, races

      chasing paperclips

piddle pens ‘n’ pads

      paddle pads ‘n’ pens

pleasant peasants picking peppers

      pheasants pecking hens

plodding queues ‘n’ peas

      podding peas ‘n’ queues

rabid badgers, bat ‘n’ quaggas

     shrews in dancing shoes

hobble hops ‘n’ skips

      wobble skips ‘n’ hops

thicket sticking, tangled brambles

      shitting in a copse

running ups ‘n’ downs

      coming downs ‘n’ ups

feathered weather, flutter fingers

      spreading butter cups

prudent suns ‘n’ moons

      mutant moons ‘n’ suns

yawning orblet’s, phantom plasma

      zapping laser guns

killing time ‘n’ tea

      spilling tea ‘n’ time

fading places, ticking faces

      froglets boxing rhyme

speeding streams ‘n’ brains

      steaming brains ‘n’ streams

betty swollocks chatters bollocks

      ’til the gland of dreams

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december’s anti-checklist ( tsilkcehc-itna s’rebmeced )

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an absence of bees

hornets & fleas

   unseen, catalogued

   & dutifully un-noted

not a swallow swoops

nor a swift swishes

      as we pause & sneeze

      under leafless trees

skin a shade of ghost

un-stung by nettles

      blanker than a cheque

      lifeless like a high street

with its faux-snow sprayed

over shop windows

      muzzled folk inside

      spot their smileless eyes

missing like a clue

mister pavlov’s dogs

      drooling for the bell

      not the juicy steak

where the air is listless

all’s the so of what

      see december un-pen

      ticking not a jot

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misting in action ( noitca ni gnitsim )

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misting the point
the bus & the mark

floating in mist
like bo peep’s sheep

moist of all
i’m breathing in mist

singing in mist
like a mistle thrush

deep in this mist
& misting the boat

presumed misting
like a view

marbles, mister kipling
or the mister men

bumping into trees
stubbing mistle toes

misting a key
within this sylphid sea

misting a trick
but never a beat

mistn’t grumble though
i mist be glowing

a mist in the mist
& misting your phone calls

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alternative names for snow ( wons rof seman evitanretla )

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blankets of brrr

phantom fragments

confused water

igloo mortar

bright white sheets

obscurer of sheep

yeti confetti

melting blossom petals

the trail of a blizzard

frozen cats & dogs

crystallised rainfall

dandruff of the gods

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