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the foxgloves are off
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the foxgloves are off
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purring like a cataract
as a splatter of a splatter of a fact
mattering like missing links
glugging like those kitchen sinks
smiling like the morning sun
choking like a smoking gun
gloaming like the even’ tide
falling fast – with her abide
floating like a sylphid friend
futures blooming past the bend
dancing like the pants of ants
blessing like a second chance
sneezing like a garden gnome
larking while the statues roam
shining like an eggheads crown
if the noon is booming down
bucking like a fucking mule
steaming like a bowl of gruel
rocky like gibraltar’s strait
wonky like the curate’s gait
likeable – just like a like
rideable like old school bikes
such is her analogy
like another – simile
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spinach green skin
asparagus eyebrows
a buttercup mullet
a red rose nose
( fit for sniffing posies )
a caterpillar moustache
wisteria ears
ice cream eyes
endearing deer horns
& a mouthful of salad
but a birdsong smile
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a waterproof
your backdoor key
the spear of destiny
a pen, a pad
a can of ginger beer
a cardigan
a mars bar
frankincense
myrrh
vaseline
rubber johnnies
garlic cloves
chewy toffee
silver bullets
toothbrush, toothpaste
pickled peppers
five gold rings
my bow of burning gold
my arrows of desire
firelighters
safety matches
ants in your pants
fire extinguisher
rubber chickens
bucket loads of brevity
pickled peppers
a wanker hat
the kitchen bloody sink
& your memory
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professor plum jam
lady scarlet fever pitch
colonel mustard gas
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green becomes greener
as rabbits multiply
vivaldi’s slinky
slithers down the stairs
then clouds disappear
as if never effing here
shafts from the nearest star
tan the garden gnomes
next the air turns like
the tumble drier
of judas iscariot
& frisks the haunted orchard
sooner than a should
& shivers climb our spines
so the apple blossom snows
her iced-white petals
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milk float
coffee hover
lemonade sail away
tea on a breeze
water waft
ginger ale drifting
milk float
gently quenching
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little miss muffet
shat in a bucket
the bog was too far
& she was touching cloth
– so fuck it
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heronries
hieroglyphics
badger gall bladders
apple cider vinegar
fingers of fudge
flannel shorts
sea shanty songbooks
bales of hay
plus all the other stuff
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catherine of aragonorrhoea
anne botoxleyn
jane semen whore
anne of cleavage
catherine howard – & out the other
& catherine parsnip
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