I started on the razzle
21 January 2019
Societal Disease
I started on the razzle
19 January 2019
Solitary Confinement
unscheduled hallucinations
and psychotic interludes
plagued my formative
and shaped my destination
my beat bastard subscription
lapsed before endorsement
but I wish I could lie down
take a fucking telling
I’m so tired right now
I could drag the world with me
through dark corridors
to the great panopticon
where elastic promises
and suicidal compacts
are made by strange bedfellows
there are no
casual acquaintances
in solitary confinement
17 January 2019
Blood Rite
I’m all jelly bone
16 January 2019
Sundowners
don’t kid yourself
you know these people
just cause they button up
the same way you do
they got secrets to cash
and monkeys to feed
by day they hone
their grievances
forge alliances
and swear their oaths
as playground innocents
but at night
they are a different
species of stupid
when their kamikaze hearts
spur them to perform
localised atrocities
of obscene and banal
dimensions
14 January 2019
Liars
you taught my tongue some tricks
I can weave real eloquently now
with a winning smile
and a twinkle in my eye
I've even fooled myself at times
we all want to believe in something
we all want to trust in someone
but I don't even trust myself
I'm dirty as the thirty pieces of silver
that secured my ounce of solid soul
and as deep as the phony veneer
that fails to conceal my corruption
so, ask me no questions
and ditch the disguise
save us both the effort
of more graceless contortions
as we make our goodbyes
.
13 January 2019
My Friend
they persecuted him
because they could
because it’s easy
to close your mind
to the different
and he was different
he was a peacock
amidst vultures
he was a libertine
in the company of slaves
he was a shooting star
who burned too brightly
and he was my friend
when there was no other
.
12 January 2019
flightless
I met a man
strangely familiar
first languid
and then rabid
in a paralytic dialect
of mumbles and grunts
cunt was a drooler
a mewling loser
dredging an ocean
of heartfelt regrets
and bitter recriminations
he'd traded his allocated
ounce of solid soul
for the draught of oblivion
and I’ve seen his face before
in some distant mirror
but I don't know him
he's nothing to me
so show that bum the door
9 January 2019
Loner
she had those absinthe eyes
set in a fragile waifish dial
she possessed a laddish wit
that always made me smile
we were never really lovers
but we fucked once in a while
.
no, we were drinking buddies
and were seldom sober
but we were never truly close
because at heart she was a loner
and I wonder what became of her
when our escapades were over
.
8 January 2019
The Nice
I had long since
abandoned hope
of ever forging
a masonic
connection
but had made
quiet inroads
amidst the nice
I could never
be one though
dull as ditch water
the nice
even the messianic
shun the nice
besides
my mere presence
fucks with their feng shui
.
4 January 2019
Menagerie
there was no miscalculating
it was the season of ill will
those fractious lovebirds
were broadcasting citywide
they were at the ding dong
with the usual diatribe
concerning love and validation
guerrilla tactics were involved
I had to shield my mind
from their carnal dredgings
and squirmed with embarrassment
when they mentioned my name
.
24 December 2018
West End
23 December 2018
The Final Bulletin
Glad Rag
and
Mouse Trap
were here for a while
they just came by
to ring my bell
and drink my tea
they had cloth and candles
and were all kitted out
for the final big bulletin
the news was sadly
postponed indefinitely
nothing will happen
during prime time
no-one will stem
the systematic
appropriation
of the factual
all elected officers
will report to mommy
there’s been a spill
much milk was shed
some were crying
others laughed
a mixed bag
of metaphors
escaped into the crowd
Glad Rag and Mouse Trap
were first among them
.