Cherry

Unencounter

We meet & you greet with a joke. We walk & you talk with a smile. I’m cold & you hold me in close. We eat & you keep spilling sauce. She rings & you grin but don’t tell.

Underground

Scarves are wrapped around faces on a nearly empty carriage Metropolitan line; a dozen empty spaces Among themselves foreigners feint retching with joy, humiliation.

An Octave of Seasonal Comparison

Last year the mood was dictated by sunrise, Consciousness caused such sweet collapse, Within a sun lounger, Lashings of creamed sun,

Burden of the waif

Seek the posture that fits directly into the slot, Pasteurised with the rhythm of the daily burden, The signature of the waif is a burden, Held down by ball marked metaphors,

Creativity

What the f- is it? Do you know? I don't.

The No-Cry Sleep Solution

Matchlock panic attacks – Palsied palms Knotting chest And gut water boiling caustic. Life got tight and throttled. Watch me wriggle free From this jacket of meat – No zippers, no key.
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Rest Cure

Hand me the revolver – Today, the crushed hats of spinsters Scroll past like carnival ducklings And good God that weathervane Is asking for it. When the newsagent Hands me my change
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Adjustment

The first thing that happened, We stopped separating out Our glass and plastics. Dad turned the recycling box into a still And bracketed it to the roof Next to the harpoon and the razor wire.

The hunters

This is a true chiller, for those who are interested.

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