Alchemisland

Searching scrap and plastic warped to surreality, best in my basket Master demands foolscap notepads full of poems, I get no advance How long they’ve been here equals how long since the plants got fed I don’t trust any of these heads, could be evil, plants or feds Deadheads and ravers, crusties and acid techies…

No crack leftover, no man left sober because resolve is weak Moderation’s all well and good but gratification delay’s Joy fleet as a freight train beaming out Baal fire light Zooming stationless Bismarck to Maine, thence to Belfast Know a guy who hit four banks one day back in ’88 Great chain robbery, he coughed,…

Sourcing rare hardbacks, getting down to brass tacks Eating hardtack biscuits to show I’m bad, halfmad Due to being ravenous, can’t be had Deal will be done when my face beams glad Not before that, don’t write anything in that pad Put your phones in this bag before I slap you slags Put your head…

Finally Friday  Quickly remember it doesn’t matter I’ve left work, changed the pattern Pity it’s the same old patter Old reliable chips and fish in batter Makes you feel happy, flabby, fatter fatter Heart’s last gasp, lungs collapsing Still going mad ting on grass alas I shall pass like a way through the Alps My…

I give them the slip Only get a wrist slap School everyday it was liberty taking Gaining pink slips for parents to initialise I took the initiative, realising potential  Trouble on the horizon, I forged dad’s signature His signature tailed S mimicked correctly, exactly Passed for the task at hand, I was glad If dad…