the inevitable summer poem

summer, summer

sand in sandwiches

cuckoo spit

goose bumps & goosegrass

summer, summer

nettles stinging kneecaps

b.o & beeswax

factor two hundred

summer, summer

stampeding bullocks

fat spring lambs

& another maiden over

summer, summer

a thorny rose garden

jars of picalilli

as another midgey bites

summer, summer

johnny-cum-lately

rediscovers outdoors

( where were you in january? )

summer, summer

toms in the greenhouse

blueberry skies

& lobster red gingers

wonder, wonder

will the bishop notice

your varicose veins

& leg-tat’ of him?

summer, summer

golden bales of hay

after a cloudburst

another lovely day

lost in muse muesli

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

bursting with p

pineapple poets
painting paddleboats purple
pensively pausing

plink plonk pianos
penguin penfriends pickle prose
pluviophiles purr

pastoral pirates
perplex peevish poltergeists
pigeons peck pancakes

peter piper prays
precipitation’s pending
plentiful puddles

( & don’t forget )

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