( ? )

undone shoelaces

~

undone shoelaces  (  a  p o e t r y  )

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undone shoelaces

strolling down the road

maybe i'll trip

& break my neck


undone shoelaces

strolling down the road

maybe i'll live

so what the heck


undone shoelaces

 strolling down the road

kicking odd stones

into the hedge


clutching a rabbit's foot

tightly as i go

to yonder shop

( life on the edge )

...

( erm )

~

( erm )  (  s o m e  w o r d p l a y  )

…


there's trusted in thrusted

& rusted in trusted

with little adjusted

one letter's deducted

in haunted there's hunted

yet just ice is justice

& bus ted is busted

i'm fucked

done & dusted

...

 

 

fan mail for the mayor

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fan mail for the mayor  (  a  p o e m  )

…




we scratch our itches, rub our sores

we stretch our stretches, yawn our yawns

we comb our chest hair - almost roar

then pay the gnomes to

mow the lawn


we write our fan mail for the mayor

we pause mid-thought on wobbly chairs

we inspect smudges over there

then think of nan's hips

whispered prayers


we plod through valleys in the rain

we whistle folk songs with no name

we catch our busses, miss our trains

then grief turn bleak - oh

who to blame ( ? )


we talk to no one in our homes

about the war then so-&-sos

we talk for days - they don't half drone

'tis tiring fair - time flies

time goes

...

the dog who wore clogs

~

the dog who wore clogs  (  a  t r u e  p o e m  –  s t o r y  )

…

there once was a dog

a dog who wore clogs

down streets he would trot

with a clipperty-clop


he must have been dutch

or flemish, their such

one day lightning struck

then that dog was fucked


( r.i.p )

...




















( author nodes )

& the moral of the story is

canine or otherwise

rubber soles at all times please

they may well save your life

( thanks )

...

sunday strolls

~

sunday strolls  (  a  p o e m  )

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strolling passed them churches

catching bits of verses

carried as the wind blows

hymns beyond their windows


sermons, chapter-verses

preach to me these churches

every week they sing-so

( never tempt me in though )

...

the many pitfalls ( of all )

~

the many pitfalls ( of all )  (  a  p o e m  )

…





all that glistens isn't gold

all that listens isn't told

all that shivers isn't cold

all that's striking isn't bold


all that's sweaty isn't hot

all that's tangled isn't knot

all that's polka isn't dot

all that's crikey isn't - what?


all that's podded isn't pea

all that's knobbly isn't knee

all that's leafy isn't tree

all that's stolen isn't free


all that's holy isn't saint

all that's distant isn't faint

all that's garden isn't quaint

all that's tartan isn't paint


all that's sinking isn't ship

all that's kiss me isn't quick

all that's carrot isn't stick

all that's parrot isn't sick


all that's throbbing isn't vein

all that's delayed isn't train

all that's pissing isn't rain

all that's missing isn't brain


all that's certain isn't fact

all that's tit for isn't tat

all that wobbles isn't fat

all that bobbles isn't hat


all that's roman isn't nose

all that's jammy isn't toes

keep wary - never suppose

all varies - go with them flows

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