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)

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old scientists


Old school

science shit

text-books

you were far too dated then

with graphs 'n' graphics

of a former century

& black & white photographs

glum fuzzy hairy men.





Plus women

with the thickest glasses

in Christendom

it's amazing how we have a population now

I hated you

'cause you weren't English or History

but somehow I still keep you

-which is a fucking mystery

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