the old gods here

Yes, the old gods here

have been very quiet now

for coming-on-at-least-a-ooh-good-week,

without 1 cheery warning

or blatantly divine sign

no, not a single boo, whisper or peep.





Have they gone on holiday

or have their powers gone away

or maybe they're planning

a surprise nasty flood?

Maybe it's virus-related

or possibly 'family problems'

- I think they need more blood

 x



...





separate waves



Having agreed

this heliotrope

had at least 10 minds

of its own,

we re-attired

our duffled coats

& trundled our separate waves

home

(s)




Wheruponst 

1 conversed

with the souls of the very nearly

 cursed,

ate a nectarine,

ran an ice bath

then buggered off to Bedfordshire

as all energy

dispersed.




They 

on the other foot

ate soot,

& watched some LIVE

abstract mime

shot put.




No one really won.




Apparently it was shit

...





mister roget was creationist scum


Well of course the Thesaurus

has been an absolute godsend

of a cheeky - handy

- sumit else tome,

since the time

- period & era

that its fellow dinosaurs roamed.




& hen 1 day

evolved chicken pox

unwell - the others all got spots

& died away,

technically a book

 no, not actually a reptile

- but it still it endures now

to this so very day

...



blame-blame-blame-blame-blame

Poor Oedipus

was blind from birth

pre & post-gouged eyes,

oh why can't these

meddlesome shepherd types

ignore exposed infant's cries

?




He was left there

for top reason 

as sure as Steve is short

 for Stephen

& now a plague

has terwatted Thebes,

plus all that shite

that kicked off with his folks like

- a complete lack of foresight

& a fucking tragedy

...