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• Eight Hundred Give Or Take

  The Irish man, he of the Glen We are bogmade not of Fen To us a tree is a crown, and a road sounds like a cow When you want it done shout anois, they’ll know you want it now Liza’s ladies and her quisling spymasters, lorecrackers and invisible inkers  Crossed finger across table winkers…

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  11th Apr 2024

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• Hidden Ritual

  In 1971 the Devil released a book and an album After a millennium in the pit he had a head full of tunes Every good guitarist owing and betrothed Every decent singer owes him their throat’s gold Arousal at fame’s suggestion, their souls by deed his at the moment of their disposal All the pills…

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  11th Apr 2024

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• Gospel/Go Spell Go

  His profitless enterprise Sickly King’s boils dire need of lancing, neither Holly nor Ivy The water we need boiled scarcely lukewarm He prises the skin apart and his hot needle enters Thick, slow-sliding goop slides down his bicep like a stabbed egg’s centre The excess humor first black as a puma, then grey and chunky…

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  11th Apr 2024

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• Albedo

  White as twelve ivories White as the moon’s eye White as the dying White as runic lightning White as Papal garb White as paper sheaf White as a chasuble White as delight, charity, merrity, rare nobility White as albumen White as Algernon White as studs along Orion’s belt White as the skin around your welts…

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  11th Apr 2024

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• Completing A Tragic Jigsaw

  A conspiracy of banded diamonds Needles threaded, their hum or silence alike spells violence Like things divine, they communicate through subtle signs An eyebrow raised, a shoulder lowered Without a syllable they uttered murder Come not to Cumbria seeking covens It’s below your roof they’ve taken cover The fourth leaf of their clover is removed…

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  10th Apr 2024

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