Poem

food porn

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food porn ( nrop doof )

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prodding the skin
of yesterday’s custard
sucking a fisherman’s friend

stuffing me hole
with hot spotted dick
or cold semolina
or frogspawn

burning the toast – on purpose
then spreading on
nob cheese & toe jam

singing a song
of buns in the oven
muffins & sponges
with sweet soggy bottoms

– phwoar

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( author notes )

fisherman’s friend is a type of mint

& they taste disgusting

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witch-hunting weasels

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witch-hunting weasels ( slesaew gnitnuh-hctiw )

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goblins ‘n’ gofers
trifles of a lying tongue
dung fire stokers

lurk in the village
squirming in this earthen tin
swimming in spillage

holes in the wholeness
hope is on sabbatical
run as the soulless

bot the responses
spew in lieu of rectitude
nonces in bonces

witch-hunting weasels
suckers of the teasel’s prick
spreading like measles

random selections
pin a tale upon a goat
phantom projections

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panic at the pumps

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panic at the pumps ( spmup eht ta cinap )

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panic at the pumps
see the monkey troops

fisticuffs at teatime
fighting for bananas

spot the scree unfold
watch the little bots

warring on the forecourts
stuck in frenzy mode

barking up the trunks
of a wrong’uns tree

are there signs of life
on this planet pantomime?

bollocks on the snooze
told them all to come

all of them at once
abra & cadabra

giz a fuckin’ break
a lobotomy

for this daily maelstrom
this laboratory

crossed with lavatory
so the piper plays

as the normalzzz groans
– aaarrrggghhh

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spin between

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spin between ( neewteb nips )

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the deed is dung

underneath an oak tree

      see the hanging man

      as a greenfinch sang

so, sweet chestnuts

sucked within the drawing room

      scribble with a grin

      churning like a milky key

sugar is energy

elemental penfriends

      ink a spirit tongue

      like a speaking sprite

while away from here

peer beyond the duck pond

      idle like the bones

      of a snoring brontosaurus

blowing with the wind

from a parsnip farmer’s arse

      gleaming in the stream

      seeking seas of bream

i had a magic dream

& in my dream i saw you

      happy on the moon

      dancing with baboons

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hashtag poem

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hashtag poem ( meop gathsah )

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# cheese & pickles

# the clifton suspension bridge

# bring back echoes

# save the tiger bread

# i love what they’ve done with your earlobes

# it’s raining frogs again here

# why are all scarecrows men?

# politics – blah, baa, blah

# beans on toast

# barnard’s star

# the m42

# turnip lives matter

# easter on ekofisk

# i think i’ve just seen a goblin

# christmas is cancelled

# cockerels can lay eggs too

# pebbles in espadrille shoes

# selfies, selfies, selfies

# yes, there’s a chill in the air

# is anyone there… ?

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bendgame

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bendgame ( emagdneb )

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scrambled eggs
candle wax, onions & kippers
turpentine
vicars with twists in their knickers

pints of milk
silken, the web of a spider
bare’s the air
haunting an orchard of cider

conkers fall
all is a portal & prancing
mincing mist
sneezing the breezes & dancing

spin the close
clover is fading & floating
face the beige
inking a riddle & noting

summer’s dead
dancing with saville in hades
exit left
leg it from lollipop ladies

ombudsmen
chartists & chartered accountants
seasons chafe
change is a poet’s endowment

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