the death of a soap star

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the death of a soap star ( rats paos a fo htaed eht )

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wrong’un on the box
hark, a herald angel sings
mercury in thee

hespero below
see the shite beyond the dark
panto purgatory

beckons like a nonce
new producers, budget cuts
ratings on the slide

once the grannies scowled
thirst another universe
storylines have dried

now’s an egg again
up the creak without a boat
swimming in the pooh

come back as a dick
whittington or mother goose
supernova you

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goodnight spool world

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goodnight spool world ( dlrow loops thgindoog )

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scribble drips ‘n’ drops

      dribble drops ‘n’ drips

pencil cases, rubbers, races

      chasing paperclips

piddle pens ‘n’ pads

      paddle pads ‘n’ pens

pleasant peasants picking peppers

      pheasants pecking hens

plodding queues ‘n’ peas

      podding peas ‘n’ queues

rabid badgers, bat ‘n’ quaggas

     shrews in dancing shoes

hobble hops ‘n’ skips

      wobble skips ‘n’ hops

thicket sticking, tangled brambles

      shitting in a copse

running ups ‘n’ downs

      coming downs ‘n’ ups

feathered weather, flutter fingers

      spreading butter cups

prudent suns ‘n’ moons

      mutant moons ‘n’ suns

yawning orblet’s, phantom plasma

      zapping laser guns

killing time ‘n’ tea

      spilling tea ‘n’ time

fading places, ticking faces

      froglets boxing rhyme

speeding streams ‘n’ brains

      steaming brains ‘n’ streams

betty swollocks chatters bollocks

      ’til the gland of dreams

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december’s anti-checklist

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december’s anti-checklist ( tsilkcehc-itna s’rebmeced )

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an absence of bees

hornets & fleas

   unseen, catalogued

   & dutifully un-noted

not a swallow swoops

nor a swift swishes

      as we pause & sneeze

      under leafless trees

skin a shade of ghost

un-stung by nettles

      blanker than a cheque

      lifeless like a high street

with its faux-snow sprayed

over shop windows

      muzzled folk inside

      spot their smileless eyes

missing like a clue

mister pavlov’s dogs

      drooling for the bell

      not the juicy steak

where the air is listless

all’s the so of what

      see december un-pen

      ticking not a jot

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shadow puppet conundrum

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shadow puppet conundrum ( murdnunoc teppup wodahs )

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you see the devil

index-middle fingered horns

master of amalgams

pantomime phantom

spooker of the sheeple

goat that torches steeples

unholy ghost

propaganda man

( while )

i see a rabbit

haring where the unseen

is spotted & noted

floating under sunshine

bobbing for victory

in the wings of spring

cernunnos swagger

singing hymns of pan

( ? )

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