Poetry

& other plasma pals

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unbroken toes
velcro on both elbows
so the odd is off

greener than grass
yesterday’s grey sky
is stuck in the pantry

try diagonal
reallign us right
less trodden footpaths

those beyond the crossroads
the phantom first of many
last quarter moons

afternoons & mud baths
fruit bats & musical
obtuse interludes

beckon like cornflakes
or a flaming moth
& other plasma pals

risen is the oak
the birch is still a burk
pour more coffee

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brief refix

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stagnant stags standing
statuesque the stillness
uncracked eggshells

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then when before
that-a-way’s odd socks
& hot chocolate sachets

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music is the muse
of your long lost uncle
let the hedgehogs fly

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super glue the curvature
unarrange the furniture
& lick a puddle’s ripples

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die each dream
the tangible’s a trickster
tangled in brambles

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the moon is out tune
all the chords sound cool now
owls agree with we

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us, the toffee suckers
under twilights treeline
badgering dawn

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once upon an april

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all is when the river
spins the morning’s mutant blue
then the shepherds dither

where the air refreshes
maidens dance in penguin suits
morris men in dresses

you beyond horizons
ghosting where the milkman floats
soon the welkin widens

when the pheasant’s strutting
then the rest is mustard cress
wishes in the upping

dishes by the plateful
lemon fool & toasted us
once upon an april

singing hymns & choral
come the birds & sweary words
fuckin’ ‘ell, it’s floral

face the rabid badgers
wankers on a mission then
laughing after spanners

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