hellmarked


There's a trick up your sleeve

& a hoax in your coat

there's a ruse in your shoes

subterfuge - shades of goat.





There's a hole in your soul

& request from from below

yes 'bring me the rest'

so mind how you go

...

new strangery who


You aint from around these here be parts

have you come to steal our donkeys

our carts

& rustle our sheep

then murder us in our sleep

with a musket to the head

or rusty tent peg through the heart

?





As you aint from these vales & hillsides

have you roamed over dales

far & wide

under various aliases

assumed - lies - disguised

to come for our daughters

our tractors

plus wives

?





As you aint local-yokel

it's true

if you were we'd all recognise you

so we'll keep our close eyes

on new strangery who

whilst silently praying

that you're just passing through.





"Go on, fuck off"

...

doctor’s orders


A smallish dose

of chaos

should be taken

everyday;

a tablespoon

of turmoil,

3 teaspoons

 of disarray, 

20mg 

of topsy-turvy,

a rat's nest

in a pockets worth

of tempest

plus half a puddle

of tumultuous muddle

- repeat until completely compos mentis

...

prayer poem

Dearest Gods of the Air

then of course

Jesus & the other 1 Lord

please ban vintage steam fairs

nasty dreams & all wars.






Bad smells & smart cars

the cult of celebrity

glove puppets jumping on their own

from opened cupboards

& the piss-take annoying vagueness

of brevity.





Plus can we have more Butterflies in January?

Will I go to HELL

if I prefer dirty-sliced-white over granary?

Are grey squirrels really a species

or just that little bit older?

Alleyways nice 1 4 glistening-listening

& lifting these chips - in a bit

off my shoulder.





(AmEnd)

...

mind the gaps



Apparently it's      gaps

that are            key

as gaps make the whole thing





breathe

but please remain wary

of the      spaces

that you leave

or these gaps they might take over











words are our sanctuary

...

codswallop & toss bollocks

Pointless

like the n in column,

a really shit

or possibly confused sword

or Richard Osman.





Whitsun,

Christmas

- yes the possibilities aren't list-less.





Culinary mushrooms,

pot holing,

welly wanging

& cheese rolling.





Murder,

horrible things,

nice people

- oh & salt & vinegar crisps

plus probably reading this.

Sorry

...

haunted scarf story

I bought a haunted tartan scarf

for 2 quid

in Oxfam

in bonnie Highland plaid.




It's DRY CLEAN ONLY

plus comforting

- aye homely

- heather stirred

I'm glad when clad.




But the ghost is terrifying,

The End

...

time bollocks

Now,

a stitch

in time

may well

save 9

but we've yet

no way

of knowing.




Beyond mere

proverbs

& words

& crossed digits,

bricked turds

it could be 8

or 10

still

-GET TEMPORAL SEWING

...

dark weekend

Come to my shed
endorse undead,
you can be the 2nd member
of my Saturday Satan Club.


We'll paint our nails,
shun nature trails
& scowl with intent
until the cows come down from the dales
& kill us,
violently,
possibly,
hopefully,
you never know like
...




Please
x

half a carton of weasel juice

Words emerge

from drought to surge,

a smattering / splurge

of urge

then purge.

Or whimsy

& possibly jollity,

a scattering of frivolity

plus ideally probably:

OdDiTy

…

That’s it

…

resarf poetry

( ? )

Bollocks

hellmarked

new strangery who

doctor’s orders

prayer poem

mind the gaps

haunted scarf story

time bollocks

dark weekend

half a carton of weasel juice