Poem

t w a d d l e

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t w a d d l e ( e l d d a w t )

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t en thousand turnips

television tentacles

turpentine turnstiles

w hile winds weather west

wombats, wombles, wishing wells

whitsuntide whistles

a s arthur awakes

apple anoraks abound

aardvark armistice

d umpling dunces dee

double-dutch ducklings dance

dandelions droop

d ruids drink daydreams

daleks discover dada

dyslexic dentists

l ettuces lemon

lemurs licking lichtenstein’s

lumpen, leaden legs

e pileptic eels

elemental elephants

excalibur eggs

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hello again

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hello again ( niaga olleh )

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the garden is gargles
of martians & marbles
a passing of parcels
a trellis is beaning

the present is clement
a fez on a pheasant
the hue is fluorescent
a pigeon is preening

the future is pebbles
a pocket of shekels
a packet of revels
the melting of meaning

the baker is burning
the doctor is gurning
the maidens a’ churning
a kettle is steaming

the roses a’ ringing
a robin is singing
a mattress is springing
a tramp trampolining

the salad is flowing
as blossom is snowing
the thicket is growing
a greeting of greening

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when the pens run out

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when the pens run out ( tuo nur snep eht nehw )

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it’s pencils instead

if the paper’s still okay

until the graphite’s gone

like a singing swan

& then they burn the trees

coz books contain paper

& paper comes from trees

growing like money

as the future is a boot

but the muses will insist

then chalk upon the yard

pausing for hopscotch

or carve upon stone

a hieroglyphic haiku

cuneiform prose

the shape of a coma

until all stones are cancelled

& drawing boards beckon

the answer is madness

a squashing of bug’s blood

a dash of silverfish

a healthy splosh of cockroach

grey like a sunday

on white asylum walls

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( author notes )

i’m planning to buy wordpress

for a fiver & a big bag of revels

watch this space

( any day now – they’ll cave )

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the jabbers

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the jabbers ( srebbaj eht )

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queen in the parlour

eating bananas

      me in the woodland

      dancing with badgers

preening a greening

farmers ‘n’ llamas

      bats in the rafters

      lording the manors

purple in patches

whirl is y’ oyster

      dawn is a portal

      foiling the hatters

speaking of spanners

splitting in places

      traces of faces

      ladders ‘n’ adders

live as the rotters

pockets of otters

      pissing the potters

      after the bangers

startle the starlings

blue in the evening

      beaming bejesus

      staring with daggers

there in the headlights

not in the headlines

      dropping like dead flies

      cripes, it’s the jabbers

titter & bwisted

miserable mutants

      brickin’ a future

      cackin’ the crackers

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some bots are darker than others

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some bots are darker than others ( srehto naht rekrad era stob emos )

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crow in a coma

seven lemon sentinels

in velcro heaven

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in velcro heaven

catalytic cattle prods

god is a syringe

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god is a syringe

villagers see the unseen

raincoats & rabies

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raincoats & rabies

stringing impossible’s vest

twenty four jackdaws

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twenty four jackdaws

& holographic hair shirts

wear them on wednesdays

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wear them on wednesdays

when the software’s rotten figs

antimatter rats

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antimatter rats

thinking ships & sinking hats

crow in a coma

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hits of this

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hits of this ( siht fo stih )

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hold the line
heathered moors
purple purrs
like a cat

mind the gap
drain the brain
scatter ash
plod the flat

riversides
pastures far
farming land
habitat

humans err
nature sees
monkey me
dunces hat

dunking stools
zip y’ holes
karens flap
toxic twats

twisted tongues
spreading dung
absent souls
weasel shat

punching you
blue & black
hits of this
twit f’ tat

badger on
sing a song
weather them
scraps of shat

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please beware

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please beware ( eraweb esaelp )

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never eat an apricot
on a wednesday afternoon

especially with a can of pop
& almond macaroon

your crops will fail, the seas shall rise
& drown the clouded skies

the earth will wander – from her path
& crash into the moon

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