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night sweats ( staews thgin )
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sudorous moonbeams
soaking ghosts with salty beads
fireflies unlit
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night sweats ( staews thgin )
…
sudorous moonbeams
soaking ghosts with salty beads
fireflies unlit
…
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microdosing not dossing ( gnissod ton gnisodorcim )
…
woodland wanderings
sucking on a murray mint
or a lemon sherbert
’til the temptress tingles
two spoons of sugar
in a milky mug of tea
a whiff of hibiscus
the brush of a nettle
dustings of doc leaves
& whispering codes
licking the backs
of natterjack toads
the crystalline grains
of the seven seas’ salt
the upturned tip
of attis’ cap
tipex flashback’s
from the clearasil years’
swigs from a flagon
of fizzing ginger beer
little sips of calpol
drips of acid rain
dancing on the tongue
as we face the day’s dung
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pop will pop itself ( flesti pop lliw pop )
…
weasels with acne
shite upon the wireless bursts
bubbles in shandy
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topic on … ( … no picot )
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glass man syndrome
the second punic war
pewter utensils
wednesday afternoon
peppermint creams
the secret moons of venus
tuesday teatime
sub-atomic particles
mayfly in june
avocado toast
gestating gerbils
colonel mustard’s cress
troughs upon upland
toothpaste stains
banquo’s goat
& the battle of jutland
( in no particular order )
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micro waves ( sevaw orcim )
…
( little ripples )
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mid-july’s musings ( sgnisum s’yluj-dim )
…
sing within this mirror land’s
inner-state of flux
rivers shrinking like a quack
– not the stuff of ducks
see the normalzzz spawn emerge
spot the tourists lark
where are they in january
when it’s cold & dark?
hiding like a hidden hand
sucking crumbs of bread
then the tossers barbecue
feast upon the dead
when the garden’s eden-esque
& the thicket’s thick
marmalade’s this snaring air
where the wicket’s stick
night is lurking like a nonce
creeping by the daze
but the hawks & raptors soar
catching gamma rays
buddleia’s a flame again
butterflies – a moth
summer weaves, the woodland heaves
’til she buggers off
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dry patches ( sehctap yrd )
…
grass is browning now
a crumpet in the toaster
buttercups spread
sun is orange throbs
flaming david dickinson
oompa loompa star
earth becomes the skin
of tutankhamun’s bollocks
harder than aardvarks
trees in comas float
see the sleeping giants dream
of piss from the gods
betty swollocks spots
thicket in the woodland sing
crickets ‘n’ wickets
clouds growling by like
paper tiger paper planes
– not a drop is dripped
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( author notes )
david dickinson is an antiques expert
& t.v personality
who may be orange for sectarian reasons
but it’s probably just for the love of cuprinol
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nine more things to write about ( tuoba etirw ot sgniht erom enin )
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heron feather dusters
puppet emperor penguins
plastic pencil sharpeners
waxing candlemases
friends on calliope
gloaming goji berries
catnip flashbacks
back garden gnomes
& slow roasted parsnips
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philatelists ( stsiletalihp )
…
they came from outer space
or else the dark dimension
they have nine belly buttons
with four upon each elbow
they nest in towns like stroud
chesterfield or cleethorpes
they spawn on bank holiday mondays
& lay their stamp-shaped eggs
in musty cottage corners
or inside anorak pockets
of unsuspecting hosts
( poets / train spotters )
they’re terrified of parsnips
they’ll drop dead if they see one
they eat quiche with a spoon
& live for six thousand moons
…