‘Admired for his deathbed performance’
& ‘infamous in his time for his life’ – two
lines of internet biography ensnare his
three decades of verve
…/
WWIII
[Me] It was easily missed – shared threats
of World War Three Not being there on
social media & spending one le week-end
bunkered
…/
I yearn for a retreat
I yearn for a retreat
from my devices &
my vice of red-eyed
hours – do not wake
me – space spills in
…/
Passing Off
Being a matriarch
was propounded as her
Greatest-ever-role
in their first draft
of an online obituary
…/
Erasers
We were not taught
how to erase –
how best to rub out –
how to remove errors –
instead – we were told to
Put a line through it
…/
Emetics
Those mob-mindful
leaders –
your haters –
your righteous orators
have raised
their volume to that
once of The Left …/
Switch
I contemplate
setting it all to
Off
(even my
rum scuttle of thoughts
from toils)
…/
Posted
We want to be heard –
us mutterers – we discontents
who can mussitate… /
Labouring Under
There are no greater spurs to human indecency
than cheap shortcuts to wealth
be they lotteries or lies – they are muted calls
to hard work – to tilth
…/
The Scent of People
Larner feared removal
of the scent of people
in crowded wiki articles
Dumb grazing animals
hardly move from hoof to hoof
with their heads down
At this bar
three men sit
before chemical beer
misdirected and under-lit
Tommy Robinson spits
as poor aims are raised
by squaddies . . .
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