Alchemisland

Zanies remove panic, boost happiness

Taking handfuls of blue, sandful tablets looted from grandad’s cabinet

Don’t read labels, grab then gob them fast

Buzz is class, sweating off my ass

Stripping layers off, talking my jaw off

Sitting overclose, invading space

Vest only, AC Slater

Invest in friends for payoffs later, gratification delayed

Seeing angels but the kind from Slayer

I know that soon it’s see you later

Can’t outrun the stillness of the tomb

Movement’s opposite; heart rate dropping

Queue outside the pub full of costumed mugs

It looks like a midnight launch for Harry Potter

Inside it’s hot, going full holy father

Dispensing blessings, hosting confessions

Drug-led digressions

Into the better less saids

Going 90 on the session

I’m at the seashore selling

But it’s not shells I’m yelling

Holes in my head

Like a billet a shell fell in

Shelving yokes until I forget my spellings

In the taxi yelling

Can’t recall the location of my dwelling

Some people need telling

Others need telling off

Most need that Charlie Zelenoff

Pop off, pop pop pop pop your top off

Like champagne neck sawed by a sword.