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an assortment of bobs

~

an assortment of bobs  (  sbob fo tnemtrossa na  )

…






rubber ducks on duck ponds

quacking at the swans


apples in a pale

on a misted eve in autumn


driftwood on the ocean

seeking distant beaches


bodies by the towpath

corpses in canals


heads & necks in drum-spun

bits & beats of rhythm


sprites up in the night's bright

dodging satellites


flocks of nodding wagtails

prancing with the pigeons


& a loon beneath the moonbeams

- probably, your uncle


...

 

the truth about spiders

~

the truth about spiders  (  sredips tuoba hturt eht  )

…



spiders are an arachnid

like the scorpion


spiders crawl with eight legs

& six phantom limbs


spiders are silent

but speak all the tongues


spiders live on marzipan

pickled eggs & coleslaw


spiders sleep in garden sheds

      or underneath your futon      


spiders dance the cancan

& play the ukulele


spiders cry at christenings

but laugh at funerals - too


spiders write erotic haiku

on the backs of first class stamps


spiders run the b.b.c

the w.i & the caravan club


spiders rise in sunshine

but melt in the rain


spiders on the brain again

spiders, spiders, spiders


spiders, spiders, spiders

spiders

...

 

i’m the beans

~

i’m the beans  (  snaeb eht m’i  )

…




i'm the beans & pumpkin seeds

ghosts of oats

& broccoli florets


i'm the prunes

the stuff of glue

nuts & dates

& dundee cake


i'm the fibre

top bog dog

khan of the khazis

& you are my log flume


king of the sphincters

the caesar of squeeze


wipe, flush

& wash y' hands


...

beyond the peas

~

beyond the peas  (  saep eht dnoyeb  )

…




beneath the glum of fiddle dum

the portents scrawl to kingdom scum

the sun's the star

of trar-luh-lar

as orchards hang & bang's a drum


within the squirms of earthen toss

the tripe of the likes, the writes of doss

the broken bones

the drones of clones

a drip of piss, a pint of dross


upon the song of flaccid rain

& squiggles of the lizard brain

the surface soil

as saucepans boil

a dream unseen - it's beige again


a yawn is born, the squall of squibs

a trickling of tickled ribs

a stickleback

a sack o' cack

the pilfering of pilchard nibs


beyond the peas of tees & hees

& limericks of chortled cheese

the normalz sorts

guffaws & snorts

for weasels with lobotomies


i ode to glow & lick the moon

& dance the ants of pantaloon

a pad, a pen

a scrap & then

the nadgers of a splattered loon

...

 

pick a pickled

~

pick a pickled  ( delkcip a kcip )

…


pick a pickled cabbage rhyme

acid brain & alkaline

dance a heap of steaming sheet

panting ants & pantomime


play the petered piper's bags

stitch the witch of tattered rags

hop the lair of yonder hare

may the pole & fly with flags


smoke the mope of dopamine

spilling hills as oceans gleam

figaro the river so

flap a bat & cat the cream


spot the dog & stone a prune

float with ghosts & lick the moon

pick a pickled cabbage rhyme

spiral in the afternoon

...

 

ring, ring telephones

~

ring, ring telephones  (  senohpelet gnir ,gnir  )

…





ring, ring telephones

tin can canticles

spew blue catacombs

nosebleed metronomes


nosebleed metronomes

whiplash saddle wax

ostrich cottages

deep green baritones


deep green baritones

sea change chancellories

wednesday's weather vanes

what-for cornerstones


what-for cornerstones

breadcrumb thunderstruck

headfuck undertones

ring, ring telephones

- piss off -

...

 

picnicesque

~

picnicesque  (  euqsecincip  )

…




ginger ninja ale

lemonade sun spots

rusty backdoor quiche

gangrene salad

bombay mix up

hamsters in a hamper

tectonic paper plates

cheese & piffle languages

shades of old king coleslaw

& black cat napkins

...

blue bellwether maps

~

blue bellwether maps  (  spam rehtewlleb eulb  )

…




cloud shroud scatter graph

cracked black badger dance

anthill alibi

fly sky dragon snaps


cow brown trouser press

cowslip riverbed

high tide lententide

piss patch pigeon flaps


glow ghost bumblebee

breeze blow sticklebacks

whiplash appletree

catnip parallax


lamb sprang kitchenette

jackdaw vortices

four cawed choruses

all thaw dribble taps


flimflam phantom limb

syntax sinking sand

bright white poltergeists

quills fill creaking cracks


snow song, winter rose

tin can tinsel toes

tossed frost fiddlesticks

sad sack saddlewax


gleam green salad bowl

stroll roll hilliness

headfuck hitherto

blue bellwether maps

~

ten red elephants

goosegrass tangles not

frog hop blossoming

sing spring, spill the gaps

...