~

( **** it )  (  m y  a f t e r n o o n  )

…

when it pours

then it pours

so you're drenched

then you're drenched


when your bones

they are soaked

when the earth's

thirst is quenched


but there's more

& still more

with no end

in sight yet


be that back

of that duck

when you're wet

then you're wet

...

~

deskhead  (  f o u r – l i n e – read  )

…

this desk is a mess

this head is a mess

my head is this desk

this desk is my head

...

~

advice to my younger elf  (  a  p i s s i n ‘  p o e m  )

…

many tentacles

yes, love is an octopus

none identical

oft some are innocuous

cool like pentacles

or penguins in mortuaries

love's an octopus

& warfare's an irate flea

...

~

hug a mugger (  s o m e  s o u n d  a d v i c e  )

…

hug a mugger

kiss the bugger

tongues & all sorts

( don't hold back )

...

~

mayday calm  (  a  p o e m  )

…

there is no panic, still there's time

it's early, blurry stirs the mind

as birds they sing in chirpy chimes

as curtains stir - up come them blinds


the water still flows in yon stream

as queens awaken from their dreams

& lambs bounce mad - they're full o' beans

i haven't heard a frantic scream


as morris men awake & yawn

then dress with bells upon this morn

those doom-merchants have yet to warn

of blah - blah - blah plus warring storms


i plod that path beside the barn

upon that hill wearing no charm

for luck i clutch air in my palm

which does the trick

it's mayday calm

...

~

unamused  (  s o m e  p o e t r y  )

…

what's funny about farms?

what's funny about about bones?

i grew up on a farm

was that a funny home?


my skeleton beneath

has never-ever spoke

let alone tickled folk

with a funny joke

( ? )

...