eight of ten

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eight of ten  (  a . k. a  –  t h a t  p o e m  w h a t  o c t o b e r  s c r a w l e d  )

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throbbing chests & ventricles

rotting stocks & pedestals

jawing doors & mandible

sobbing plods & festivals


hooding woods & pentacles

drifting mist & chemicals

leaving gleams & flammable

flapping flesh & skeletal


sinking ink & legible

crunching crush & flexible

singing swans & madrigal

hooting roots & vegetables


smearing blear & spectacles

slipping quips & tetsable

shaping wraith & tangibles

eight of ten & tentacles

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spitting plates

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spitting plates  (  s o m e  2 1 s t  c e n t u r y  w o b b l e  j u i c e  )

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tickle trickle treacle lakes

pickle weasel steeplechase

sickle stricken sausage sun

tickle trickle treacle lakes


tudor lizard ladder snakes

suitor gizzard adder flakes

future wizard water gun

tudor lizard ladder snakes


otter waffle featherweights

tosser brothel tessellates

jotter jetsam megaton

otter waffle featherweights


puddle pencil piffle case

stubble stencil pixelate

huddle whitsun hit 'n' nun

puddle pencil piffle case


spangle hamster gravel grapes

ramble wanker apple cakes

amble lemon speckle spun

spangle hamster gravel grapes


gargle gorgon garden rakes

marble organ carton breaks

carpal norman nozzle stun

gargle gorgon garden rakes


woven cobble commonplace

cloven wobble bobble race

swollen roman overrun

woven cobble commonplace


ladle muffle middle eight

fable scuffle piddle drakes

stable muddle bubble bun

bits of shapes & spitting plates

( ! )

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muddled boots

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muddled boots  (  a  p o e m  f o r  s c u m d a y  )

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gripping slips as apples juice

whipping lips & paratroops

ankles eye the phantom train

pantomimes & flannel suits


bubbles bob as buzzards swoop

pigeon piss & rotten fruits

singing songs of puddle brains

headless newts & chocolate mousse


salad tongues as hula hoops

twiddled toes & lunar loops

drizzles on the riddled lane

mistletoe & prostitutes


pickle sticks as cauldrons soup

sunken suns & golden flutes

letters stem the daisy chain

muffles in me muddled boots

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another end ends

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another end ends  (  a  p o e m  f o r  t h a t  t h e r e  a u t u m n  )

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hornet swarms & lotus eaters

waspish hordes & locust keeepers

knelling bells & helterskelters

simples like a p.e teacher


mushy peas & bushy beaters

sunken suns & gusty preachers

pheasant frowns & melting welders

rivers drown the fire eaters


alley cats & cobble cheetahs

jellied legs & wobbled features

flops in frocks & hit the shelter

gravy stains this fading easter


icicles & flaming fevers

bicycles & wailing creatures

lemon pips & citrus swelters

shitta brick then kiss the reaper

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autumble

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autumble  (  a  p o e m  f o r  . . .  )

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the fields have fledged - their crops have flown

& hog's the hedge as feet they roam

the barns are calm & lofts are hay

as trees they swirl & fade to crone


the hills seem green - the mares are roan

& hares they snore as spores are sewn

the dogs are frogs - the cats are strays

as clouds they shroud & mouths they foam


the ponds are splosh if rocks are thrown

& bird's the blur as earth's the tone

the doves are rooks or so folk say

as wraiths they stir & ghosts they groan


the land is sleep - the stones are bones

& nights they creep to fight the gloam

the plod is fog in socks of grey

as songs are sung & winds are blown

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like sofa sales

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like sofa sales  (  a  p o e m  f o r  f r i d a y  )

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ram the speak of trampled trails in flopping flocks of one

span the bleak of amber ales in spattered spits of songs

steam the train of rusty rails in signet rings of swan

huff the chuff of gusty gales & gander geese the gone


bang the pang of rusty nails in pastures of the wise

slang the damn of sliding scales in fractures of the skies

twirl the whirl of curly kale in wrinkles of an eye

ride the slime of racing snails & briefly pause for pie


seek the throngs of burning bales in raging fogs of yon

beak the gongs of quirky quails in piffle pecks of bong

spook the toes of ghostly tales in tickled ticks of wrong

scold the holes in buckets pale & fuck it - stroll some on


tread the troughs of peakland dales in sunken plods of high

head the flight of soaring whales in puzzled thoughts of why

flap the vast of vacant vales in quaking shapes of rise

live your life like sofa sales & never then you'll die

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sticks ‘n’ spin

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sticks ‘n’ spin  (  t h e  i n e v i t a b l e  c o b w e b  )

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sticks 'n' spin

specks of span

spots of pots

jars of jam


twigs in tongues

twits in hoods

owls in vowels

stumped in stood


dots in knots

strums in twang

stares of hair

palms & hands


howls on hills

twists in woods

sleep in speak

shush in should

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gash in the attic

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gash in the attic  (  a  p o e m  )

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gash in the attic & pies in the charts

stats in the static & fire in the spark

vests in the vestry

& quest in the west

roams in the romans & loans in the sharks


pants in the pantries & art in the heart

ants in the ante & flip in the chart

bells in the belfries

& heads in the mess

shit in the shih tzu & stabs in the dark


chucks in the chuckles & mirth in the lark

piss in the puddles & birth in the mark

pests in the pesto

& cress in the crests

slob in the bollocks & balls in the park


logs in the bloggers & dogs in the bark

crunch in the numbers & hunts in the snark

scorn in the crow's nest

& pith in the zest

licks in the limericks & stops in the starts

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