…
~
” 99% of smokers still die “
( mark e. smith )
…
thy orthopaedic shoes
see you in loopholes
spin another sixpence
if the morning’s lost her hymn
six bullfinches
plus a wooden wood pigeon
october’s maypole
aspic wobbles
gay between the gorse
on the heathland’s scatters
if november eggs us on
so the curate is a swan
or a rabid badger
dancing like a twat
…
( author notes )
that’s a dummy / plastic horse
in that winch
they were hanging
from an outstretched fire engine
at a country show
so no actual horses were harmed
in the making of this poem
…
