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the internet

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the internet ( tenretni eht )

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the internet’s a troubadour
a storm trooper & a troll

the internet’s the biggest shill
in digital christendom

the internet’s a succubus
a geisha & a geek

the internet has seen you shave
y’ hairy arse & ankles

the internet’s a fire
a liar & lamia

the internet’s a parsnip
a portal & a star ship

the internet lures children
with rainbow lollipops

the internet’s a baiter
a beta & a bleep

the internet’s the shepherd
of all the jabber’s sheep

the internet’s a he-she
a zee & thingamee

the internet’s a karen
an andrew & a darren

the internet’s a cloud
a shrine & evening’s shroud

the internet’s alive
& kicking like a jackboot

the internet’s the ghoul
( divide the tribes & spool )

the internet’s a ghost
a shadow in the corner

the internet is not a friend
but never forgets a birthday

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square one – wander on

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square one – wander on ( no rednaw – eno erauqs )

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square one – wander on
swans upon a signet’s song
ringing in within

ringing in within
where the air is salad cream
all is butter dream

all is butter dream
balls ‘n’ all – the branches bear
unbitten by bugs

unbitten by bugs
bark beneath a darker moon
spin the garden’s swoon

spin the garden’s swoon
never nettles sting my skin
’til the crocus croak

’til the crocus croak
so the focus fuzzes there
square one – wander on

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things to do in november

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things to do in november ( rebmevon ni od ot sgniht )

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kick the ghosts of oak leaves
under barren branches

sing a saucy ballad
from the english civil war

plod the sodden pastures
splodging clods of mud

like a muck spreader
splattering the shat

see the salmon fly
up the weir to die

thickets disappear
misted is the clear

watch the river rise
as the sun is buggered

rogered with aplomb
up the bloody jackson

prance in pantaloons
under wailing moons

grow an anal beard
& keep your cheeks warm

plant a bulb or two
’til the light shines through

eat a toffee apple
in a hot bubble bath

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gift me this

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gift me this ( siht em tfig )

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unicorn shoe’s

chocolate sombreros

      a majick rubber chicken

      laying rubber eggs

a poem in me head

a hymn that shakes the dead

      a robot gerbil

      that washes up the dishes

musical chairs

what sing a saucy ballad

      silent, crownless crackers

      the turin shroud’s knacker’s

truth on the tongue

of the brain-stream snooze

     sasquatch pube’s

     or a yeti’s bottled sweat

sir gawain’s wavy

circadian rhythm’s

      i.e

      a good knight’s sleep

mushy peas on earth

a parsnip in a pear tree

     cromwell’s brain

     pickled in a jar

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intermission mash

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intermission mash ( hsam noissimretni )

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moss is greener now
cheese & pickle sandwiches

sirens singing bye
adieu to you
i’m ambulanced

pencil in a seven
see the starlings, darling

louder than a barn owl
screeching
down a megaphone

don’t forget a key
& biscuits for the dog

then things speckle
as an egg
beneath a hen

while my henry hoover
gently weeps

quiet like a miming choir
or a poltergeist
in a coma

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only fan’s filth

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only fans filth ( htlif snaf ylno )

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… cooling …

… tube axial…

… ceiling …

… kitchen …

… mounted …

… tower …

… bladeless …

… folding …

… cockade …

… pedestal …

… jenny lind …

… shit hitter …

… thumbhold …

… & centrifugal …

( phwoar )

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things i’ll never do

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things i’ll never do ( od reven ll’i sgniht )

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go potholing

write a modern sonnet

swim in raw sewage

especially front crawl

talk to a ginger

eat my own toes

grow a second nose

on my left elbow

see a poltergeist

catch a meteor

like baby sweetcorn

even in a stir fry

call the cops & grass

dance on shattered glass

get the daemon pricks

or the booster shit

sky dive from a plane

with a beach umbrella

in lieu of parachute

shoot an albatross

or a unicorn

picnic in the rain

vote in an election

or your mother – again

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a doppelgänger calls

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a doppelgänger calls ( sllac regnägleppod a )

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i am not a ghost
or a black-eyed courier
knocking on the door

nor a passing parp
from the hoop of autumn’s arse
hark, the even’s roar

dancing branches snap
nightingales in rising gales
sing of sinking sand

i’m a secret twin
majik shadow’s otherling
from a mirror land

in the dimming’s bowels
as the kitchen kettle howls
as the spanners fly

wanderers return
everyone’s a gemini
catch my eye & die

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instructional

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instructional ( lanoitcurtsni )

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buckle down ‘n’ settle up
spread it like a buttercup
bend the ends & then begin
stir a circle, sip a sup

pressing enter – add a four
dance a rustic rumba or
string a caterwaul in e
ring the bell beside the door

find a spot within the clouds
sleep until the thunder shrouds
storming thoughts upon the sea
laughing as the madding crowds

faraway ‘n’ see below
barking as the breezes crow
blow a sugar paper plane
trace the riddled river’s flow

may contain an onion’s tears
thigh of newt or goblin ears
saturdays ‘n’ thatterways
use before it disappears

light the night ‘n’ kiss a flame
screw the phantom formless frame
with a lightning anchor bolt
play the rest & guess the game

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