Tag: writing
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A hopeless March
Misery again Sinking, like I went walking through Lincolnshire Fen A sheer fence weak defence against enemy offensives Constantly on the defensive Waiting for something to let slip I tighten the slip into a noose Buds to nip, the final snooze Head heavy as a mounted moose Continuing tantamount to self abuse I must self…
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Collywobbles
Shirtless like models standing outside Abercrombie shops Immodest, need Imodium if I’m honest Way she’s slopping can’t be low on sodium Demons whispering speeches to me beneath the podium
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Recruiting for the final war
The prodigals are out recruiting again Quoting Chronicles, Judges, Kings. Old mischiefs abroad. Afoot again Old ruses, youth confusers: Dolce Et Decorum Est, Pro Patria Mori Hoping the strongest and truest men, those hungriest for glory Will fall in gory step if temperance Be upheld as some measure of meekness, kindness as well Became a…
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Please let me get my jacket
C’mon man, come out and talk to me I’m out like someone who got caught At Montauk, freezing sea breeze raw to the bald or bearded As is salt to the sawn defeated. Dog stars, faun hymns, recurrent threes, vault trips Mothman sightings every evening Calls back from across the rift Impractically strong bift. Single…
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Rag and bone man’s pitch
Chewlip pills and Tulip milk Milton’s ilk discussed quizzically In mildew dotted student digs who flew the nest a li’l quick Get it quick, my Nesquik’s attuned to their needs specifically Package deal, you get three: TV, land line, and CCTV. Thrilling to people dipping Out of dingy inner city bars wanting no pause to…