random noctbservations


The sleepless sheep

can flockin' count themselves

cos part-time shepherds 

skive indoors,

a puzzle book

teeters

precipice - wonky shelf

as woodland turns,

sleep-swears

then snores.





A barn owl has

a dipole moment

whilst pastures doze

under Moon Cheese Head,

but then a bike in the village

plus a priceless trowel

are stolen

- they were askin' for it really,

UNLOCKED SHED.

Tut.

...

quite ominous stuff

A loud thunder cloud clapped

then some scaffolding collapsed

as an evil wind blew

so the Queen followed-through.





A 1-headed magpie

exclaimed a single sad sigh

thence flew under a ladder

as the lunatics grew madder.





Plus all the cats were howling

& the turtle doves were growling

until it was clear to all

so bollocks to crystal balls.





Yes it's unjoyously unsurprising

there's shat nastiness arising

& this shite might get tough

coz that's quite ominous stuff

...






21st century twaddle

My left sleeve smells of oniony

yet none of the onions wreak of sleeve

& neither of my big toes are buniony

I can stand quite comfortably

- 15 sugars please.





All roads lead to Prietenegg

not that hungry but I'd like an egg

preferably scrambled 

as the language of the brain

or Humpty Dumpty - post-he-fell-tumbly

- so welcome to our domain

 x

...




what we already know…

15% 

hate A over C

& 2/17ths of them lot

would y'know,

blatantly.





Plus in the area of 18/41sts

of these

would tumble-ARRHG-stumble

into the dreaded bracket E

thus excluding superstitions & rogue-erratic Whitsuns

at a roughly constant rate

of fairly 2.8.





Further,

as per pie-charts

Byzantine whispers, vistas

& Skylarks

19.~ Tuesdays

would fail to correlate

inciting potential hill fog & riots

as their stats abominate.





Yet 2/3 of murmurations

are allergic to cress

so why this really kicks-off

shall remain a game of chess

- yes,

here-be-lie the FACT-SHATS

cold, hard 'n' bare

& a Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

...











terms in contradiction


Poetry is practically invincible

like a tough young Buddhist cat,

a ball-resistant moth

or a warfarin tolerant rat.





As poetry refuses to die

like a relative

- well fortified & remaining unconquerable,

with the keep tower standing proud

its lofty attic in the clouds

but in many ways

it's still very vulnerable

...