~

oh, groany bones ( senob ynoorg ,ho )

…

jigsaw eyes see

hello, hollow water

holes in the soles

of tuesday’s shoes

dripping bits of wednesday

sooner than expected

p’s jumping q’s

in my alphabet soup

where’s is the fly?

scribble i & sigh

somewhere other

– locked in your airing cupboard

…

~

asking for trouble ( elbuort rof gniksa )

…

moles in pigeonholes

pool balls in snooker pockets

shrews in lieu of screws

…

~

dream snippet sheet ( teehs teppins maerd )

…

freddie mercury

sang living on my own

on the planet mercury

to an audience of owls

& trans-nightjars

who identify as owls

( species is a social construct )

meanwhile on earth,

the prophet-man muhammad

plays a set of swingball

with a then fluorescent ewok

upon the mossy lawn

watch that backhand

– three treecreepers

four white stags

on the tip of mam tor

krishna-christ tickles

the toe’s of anne frank’s kitty

who his so well

that the nazis never found her

sevens suns rose

like muffins in the oven

said your step-godmother

but dressed as an elf

in a telepath tongue

( ? )

…

~

patchy ( yhctap )

…

i spy vegetable

beds among the thicket’s rough

with my pirate eye

…

~

in reply ( ylper ni )

…

probably yes
but otherwise, no

sticky toffee pudding
with vanilla custard ice cream

twice – both times
in a travelodge car park

almost certainly
but pencil in a maybe

underneath the beams
of a blue new moon

the mandible jaw
of a saber tooth tiger

the eighty eighth of may
’til the forty fourth of august

only if you blow both elbows

…

~

light a candle ( eldnac a thgil )

…

when the world’s a swirling whirl

dive the deep & seek a pearl

( squirming worms beneath the skin )

yesterday’s today again

singing of a baked refrain

( leaping beans within a tin )

close y’ eyes & count t’ three

mrs. plasma’s shining – see

( then the vicar’s knickers spin )

as the phantom even’ dawns

& a farting farmer yawns

( stroke y’ toes & twiddle chin )

breezes whisper under breath

let the doctors dance with death

( light a candle – let’s begin )

it’s the riddle of the night

spark the dark & watch a sprite

( weaving on the out of in )

…

~

mid-morning’s revenge ( egnever s’gninrom-dim )

…

as my trusty hose

flows behind a drystone wall

coffee bladders all

…

~

silent start ( trats tnelis )

…

dawn mimes a yawn

see with subtitles

      unplug headphones

      speakers unspeak

float as a stoat

in a magic dream coat

      walk with the paws

      of a feline ninja

note like a book

then with a pen

      phantom g in gnarl

      secret p in ptarmigan

double u in whore

all is before

      back from the past

      fruitful is a future

statues snooze

so gnostic gnomes

      twist knight knickers

      wrens wriggle then

clouds unshroud

owls count sheep

      in the mizzle’s creep

      when poltergeists sleep

…

~

as the saying glows ( dwolg gniyas eht sa )

…

middle of the mourning

riddle of the night

light the good flight

clutching at strawberries

as the saying glows

with buttercup fingers

may contain nutmeg

speak when spoken tulips

you shut your goblin

little so & soy

do you feel the lovage?

too many cuckoos

soil the broth

…