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the last buttercup ( pucrettub tsal eht )
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the last buttercup slipped through the fingers of autumn in spore & into the winter a swish in a swell a ghost of the yellow alone in the snow the fruits of an echo a shard of a star so here - on the clearing a gathering mass of school trips & pilgrims the last buttercup slipped through the fingers & lived for six hundred trillion years ( ? ) ...
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penicillin pelicans ( snacilep nillicinep )
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penicillin pelicans pickled pepper paper plane paradiddle pantomime skelterheltor skeletons skelterheltor skeletons hyroglyphic hierophant diabetic diatribes lemon scented medicines lemon scented medicines misted mizzle madrigals dagger dancing dictionary weasel popping hellions weasel popping hellions otters rig the lottery lizards licking pencil lead penicillin pelicans ...
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bright white poltergeist ( tsiegreltop etihw thgirb )
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bright white poltergeist snare hare dinosaur eye saw sauropods syntax anorak splashback scatterings earwig wizardry clubfoot balladeer catflap cadillac five high, viruses dead leg telephone nosebleed metronome toad so, natterjack hi-fi hierophant headfuck pencil case pan pipe library plum jam lumberjack glue gun gulliver lime green ganymede mildew milking maid whiplash pavement crack a4 paper planes midlands middle eight sweetcorn choruses claptrap cul-de-sac ...
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smoking salmon pink ( knip nomlas gnikoms )
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smoking salmon pink weaving pins & needles seek the chalk of cheese chasing herrings red kipper in this sleep spinning paper plates stickleback the front warble forth & fifth under witching witching moons as the kettle's crooning for the corvid dove cod is love above smoking salmon pink weaving pins & needles hazing lemonade winter rose petals ...
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bloody venus … ( … sunev ydoolb )
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candle flames of cinnabar capers in a cable car bird a bursting reservoir suck the lemon's seminar comatose the commissar clutch a phantom handlebar piffle piddle, scribble blah scrawling with the morning star ...
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caterwauls & canticles ( selcitnac & sluawretac )
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animals & minerals swing the axe of intervals swans upon an oracle sybils of the syllables water clocks & chronicles box the hares of follicles kippers in a mackerel sky spy the eyes of monocles swivel chairs & musicals podded peas & cubicles prosody in cotton socks christenings in funerals vesta, vests & vegetables scatter graphs & tentacles camping on a mutant moon kiss the mist of spectacles rubber ducks & bicycles penning then of tricycles springing with the winter wren thawing with the icicles caterwauls & canticles faster flap the madrigals cousins of the cul-de-sac singing on sabbaticals ...
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the wind in the willow warblers ( srelbraw wolliw eht ni dniw eht )
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blowing like the wind in the willow warblers singing with the crickets & the grasshopper warblers chatterings of chiffchaff as a blackcap pipes blowing like the wind in the willow warblers ...
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an assortment of bobs ( sbob fo tnemtrossa na )
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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
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the truth about spiders ( sredips tuoba hturt eht )
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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
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i’m the beans ( snaeb eht m’i )
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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 ...
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