Some statues frown the proper cheeky ones wink the Turin Shroud novelty tea towel blinked as shadow figures pass between which should scare or surprise almost unseen from the corners of my eyes ...
Poem
how they make freckles
You put your left hand in your left hand out wait 'til next April then shake the mucus out whilst scattering Natterjack Toad bones libations of Irn Bru plus offerings of Toblerone a pocketful of rye then a Mind's Eye of imply & that might do it it's worth a try ...
a night in the life of a moon-shunner
They shun the Moon its Magic beams then sleep in overlapping dreams of a world without Wolves safe from harm or scare then they wake up like a lightning bolt & check their palms for hair ...
behind closed doors
What lies in store behind closed doors they're magical places surprises galore ? Who knows from here our thoughts are extraneous; a battered old garden or a Narnia for atheists ? ...
puddle power
Yes Puddles are alive in a variety of shapey-sizes from 1 droplet of Puddle-Stuff to 2 thirds of the Earth. The bits that stagger Puddles are classed as 'Streams' 'Big Streams' or 'Land' strange heathen places despised by Ye Gods so everyday these Puddles EXPAND ...
grow your own toenails
Grow your own toenails breathe your own air scratch your own itchy arse moan at that there. Perform your own pantomime eat your own toast whilst life-permitting then be your own ghost ...
feed the child
Mum can we have chips for tea with ambrosia fish fingers - mushy peas then lemon meringue pies plus manna from the skies & get a fuckin' move on I'm hungry please? ...
the gist of things
Twas a stormless night when the incident with the euphonium low cloud yet quitish bright triggered pandemonium. The chickens they ran amok as the church bells sang of the end of the of days the vicar was touched by a form of shock like headless poultry - mad cluckers all crazed. & then it almost rained frogs as the cries of terror-shit topped deafening plus miaows from confused dogs almost but definitely threatening. & so without further ado-ACHOO in the absence of thunder claps or any last requests bless you - yes I have the sniffles too hereby thence sentence you to death ...
blame the parenthesis
As the funeral for an onion who died tragically young sad-timely hymns sung. Then lacrimal laments bulbous allium torments wailing not whaling sad shit - intense. Or since applying more cream in the hope it may redeem but that definitely exceeds residual seeping - there shall be weeping ...
the haunted city
6 miles to the south of here the haunted city lies; Celtic, Roman, Saxon, Norse - the Normans of course yes, built by times. & I like to pop in on a Wednesday; bother the library, have a chat with lamp posts plus stock up on toiletries from Mother-Poundland but bus it home before dark mind for fear of phantoms ghosts ...
