and this is what that feels like
it creeps into you backwards
with its bug eyes on your feet
on a tight leash
fold and unfold
as the woodland comes to life
in surroundings
i wave she waving
must run
rice cake wars
once factories made sure
still jolly reader
really bad got bored
rather than wait
the creature stirred
who would have thought
of virgin lands
with ringing crystals
so debauched
who then is watching
this unprecedented growth
through a soft lens
reach for a cigarette
vodka
this world
has become a dark world
murdering catamites
behind a white picket fence
what is on offer
we bring you plate
ransom note
thought circuits bathed in flaming gravy
simple weird moments in a deep bass slot
fine dimly wondered march acoustics
sirloin beef broils there bypassing breath
this infernal whooping through my mucus
has transformed the cold machinery of war
break out the psalms and trance-like simul-
ations before the god of winds caresses
your last breath counting your sleeps in a
sound-proofed chamber recycling waste
for a jollier death my knees have turned
against me and now they’re spreading so
there’s little else left for me to do
a little bit of ghastly’s gone astray go
check for mail and mow the lawn and
throw your groceries in the bin this must
we see it flows through graduated forms
a stasis tube containing light a play with
something different new concerns
providing stranger personal effects
aesthetic coffins
ripened love buds please
dear uncle am i then the one
am i a shade of energy
pulsating in and out
of love of time
not out of hate of signs
but talk of peace
that mimics all the body’s core
and fights what should have made a
difference and yet appears in more and
more degrading revelations force fed
into my conscious mind it’s what is
endlessly desired discover walks and
roots in forestation that renew then
take up huge amounts of time – the
moments must so easily slip by be still
and concentrate as best you can with
myra hindley on your knee a flash of
bottled radishes pressed up against your
spine that so inflames the rash that your
humanity decries