Poem

monumentalist

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decalcify
the white cliffs of dover

& call the eiffel tower
‘the poundland blackpool tower’

flatten arthur’s seat
& let’s have arthur’s patio

rename the taj mahal
it’s already several restaurants

that all do chicken bhuna
& let’s build h.s 2

from here to timbuktu
or the arse end of mongolia

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while poem

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while the wise crow flies

in zig-zag directions

while onion dicers weep

& the resting dough expands

while the soap star dies

& the stunt man explodes

while occasional tables

pretend that they’re a chair

while your air guitar

gently plucks a scale &

while the curate’s egg

is scrambled for your breakfast

while temporary bus stops

disappear from here again

i’ll write another postcard

to your uncle rose in scunthorpe

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uncle susan’s diary

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gathered like a teatime

guaranteed a deep, deep

sigh & an eye-roll

over the clover leaves

from the greenest pasture

gone like a cuckoo

toodleooh then

since wore more pringle

& rediscovered ovaltine

since was slowly down

a grainy midlands town

vast glacial cracks

until one magic june’s

rainbow revelation

rebooted, regenerated

life on the patches

after the wife ran

off with the milkman’s cousin

todger intact

thank god for that, though

( free online to read )

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