Thursday 28 March 2024

TRIUMPH GAS TANK




the universe 
reaches
from inside of you
to wherever forever
& i would kick myself
if my time tickered out
before its secrets were out
& it built a bonfire of paradigms
& steve mcqueen returned to light it

like he returned
with free razors & bulk soap
to
his
old
kids home

one red shirt collar tip
pocking out
a mustard sweaters crew neck

beat up triumph gas tank 
between his denim legs

hollywood in his hip pocket











Monday 25 March 2024

THE POSSIBILITY OF TEARS




i hear the song 
in my head
so i find the song
& i play the song

& i dont cry to the song
so much as
explore
the possibility of tears
as my skin goes chill all over

& i journey then
inside & out
visiting the happened
the real
the not
& the could be









Sunday 24 March 2024

REAL OUT HERE TODAY




the man
sat in the garden again

plastic zen
amen

~

waiting 
with a used canvas
for the roses
to bloom

& when the pigeons come
noisy & graceless
he notes in pencil 
on his scribble pad 

how real it is out here today








Friday 22 March 2024

EESENTIAL WORK, REPORT 239




last december 
i audited
the draft folder in the word blog

there was almost 200 unfinished
essential reports waiting on filing

& i have been working them
& i have been filing them

tweaking & teasing then launching 
these origami boats on the gigahertz ride

& now today

well 

theres 238

so i will never be done
& how perfect is that










Thursday 21 March 2024

DEVASTATION




every day is devastation

but sometimes
a heatwave 
will unbleach 
a coral reef stretch

& theres colour
back in the sea there
again

slim pickings in the valley
slow harvest in the mall

jellies thriving
in an atoll lagoon