Survival

A 2020 poem

Staying alive

Living by wits

Primeval knowledge

Magnetic instinct

Sculpting trees

Puffing fire

Psychic lobe

Psychotic dream

Blood mouth dripping

Wild eyed stare

Asleep in ice

Dangling in the air

The camera stops rolling

To fight another day

Survival, a time limited exercise

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Scrap

A poem from 2020

I’m just a tiny piece of rubbish

Left lying in the street

Nobody ever sees me

I’m the dirt beneath their feet

I’m just a tiny piece of rubbish

Left over from a fight

Homeless, helpless, speechless

Unloved both day and night

I’m just a tiny piece of rubbish

No use to fellow man

Ascribing me no value

Denying me a clan

If you see me, please take pity

I just want to be loved

It’s not a lot to ask for
Is it?

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There's A Fly In My Ointment

A poem from 2019

Everything is fine

Life is wonderful

I am happy happy happy!

Except that it’s not

Because there’s one thing that’s annoying me

One thing that’s spoiling everything

And so I’m miserable miserable miserable

Life is a bummer

Everything stinks

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A Little Apocalypse

A poem from 2019

There’s nobody here

There never is

Nature’s decay comes slowly

Man manufactured decay less so

But who is there to see it?

Do you think nature cares?

Does it need a spectator?

It has the sun

It seems to be enough

Ain’t nobody comes round here no mo’

Does the breeze still blow

When there are no rosy cheeks to feel it

Do the birds still sing

When mankind has departed?

Clap your hands, trees! It’s showtime!

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Goodbye Something Beautiful

A poem from 2019

We fall over the edge

We split apart

There’s every use crying

I scratch your back

You scratch mine

There will be blood

Heavy words are thrown

I duck

Goodbye something beautiful

Frantically erased

It was our love

Mutual disfunction

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Pick and Choose

A poem from 2019

Two contrasting, favourite colours

An anomaly

A brain wired to contradictions

Hottest hell and coldest ice

This is not me

A plain and simple man

Prone to the middle of the road

Playing it safe

I taste the colour of love

I taste the colour of roses

I taste the colour of blood

I taste the colour of danger

I taste the colour of the deepest sea

I taste the colour of Chelsea FC

I taste the colour of gas flames

I taste the colour of BB King’s licks

A mental aberration

A false dichotomy

I defy your enneagram

I despise your pigeonhole

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A Light

A poem from 2019

Some men are islands

But all men feel alone

Searching, silently searching

But searching for what?

There is one light that shines

A distant light but coming close

A light that is all around

A light seeking to enter in

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Broken Biscuits

A poem from 2019

All of life is here

Intentionally, unintentionally broken

Sold for a penny, sold for a pound

The young boy puts in his hand and pulls out a plum

A hidden surprise

A beautiful girl

Amidst all the ordinariness of existence

Many days are all the same

Groundhog Day on repeat

Wanting a sweet treat amongst the daily grind

Where are the profits?

Where did all the shareholders go?

Who is eating whom?

Who will end up in landfill

Tossed aside in black bin bags?

Paper bag kisses

Plastic bag wishes

Boxes, tins, sugar within

It all goes down the same hole

And all comes out of the same hole

Every bit of goodness extracted

What will we do until perfection comes?

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