It was a hot and humid Morning. Boys crowded the room. We waited, shouting, throwing Things at each other. Then like a Boxer he ran out of his Office and hurled his briefcase At the lectern. It collided, Knocking it sideways. He shouted Louder than us that we were all Young, naïve, undisciplined. Then he…
Not worth knowing
Cognitively screaming through these many instruments, vibrations, theoretical tools, desolate and disposed of you observe me Empty-handed. preparing this ripe harvest. Its produce gourmet. Gluttonous arent you, as your voyeur invoked you Gorge,a fleeting attempt to sate this new hunger. saturated with repetition,familiar this stinging rain, the shiver that will See me doomed in this…
Park Philosophy
Nature is, red rock stacked high. Nature is, the crush of fallen leaves underfoot. Nature is, a hand pulling putty out of a wall. And nature is the black and yellow bees hovering about the spiky red flowers of a pohutakawa bloom on a low bush. Nature is dirt. Nature is fire and smoke. Nature…
One mans trash
the things you don’t like about yourself aren’t reality for anyone. you yourself are worthy of the dive worth stealing to be part of . Worth the charge or day in court ,worth the dirty hands. You throw yourself away as rubbish , but to be seen by others as treasure . Worth the 2mile…
The Grim Reaper
Empty buses tryndling by – watch from my balcony and sigh Empty shops Empty roads Eerily apocalyptic A war zone No bombs dropping from the sky Tis a silent creeper This grim reaper Wearing the mask of a clown Atishoo,,,Atishoo We all fall down
a summer storm has come in off the sea
1 I am happy enough, sporty and buff. great holding estate for a man who has never saved or owned anything, especial his life this is the 7th estate. the lamp, the ‘lectric fan I’ve just ordered for my carport gym is doodak and realm of magnetic compression. a self-contained van is the out if…
Gay
Let’s be all glamorous, You know you want to. Let’s be all free, And careless and happy. You know you didn’t want to fight the war, You didn’t even have to. Just say that you didn’t fight the war, And that you can’t, Fight it again. Come on, let’s go up to that bar, And…
a large population
on moss coated blocks of contoured concrete a fawn fence, weathered at the top, is warping, twisting nails out, moving at the speed of glacial growth and overhung in places with the dark palatial flowers Kowhai cascades. bloom-peak reached. ti Kouka pom pom with seed. at the gym, I wear a mask to enter, and…
Questions for the priest.
Admire in putrid glory, our Ancient one, adorned with thorns, forged by the scorned, our blighted being stands tallest, visceral, upright, hooves and broken claws it adores its earnt horns, planted firmly in his black rot belief, Curator of creators, bleak, ritual stained cloak, pungent, choke. …
from THINGS ARE WRONG THOUGH FAIR ENOUGH
I Woke up inside myself again today. I saw the reason people stay with their religion. There were products in the blood not hard to come by. There were cobwebs in the air above our dwellings; there were passports that had made it, miraculously surviving. And towers that imploded as they fell. II Woke up…
The Port
A tug strains, its rubber nose crushed Its stern dips The port is waking A chain clangs There, the hipped roof of a warehouse, a vast repository for wool The windows are broken; there is no wool Giant red brick buildings face the sea – Royal Insurance declares its case One building is six storeys:…
Frostbite
I am the gutter sailor call me captain’ firedrum cuisine masterchef of nothing . Bellyfull of piepolar. Cut me the thinnest slice. eyeeye captain anti . I am your do not of what you haven’t got or rot .I’m am the story spilling from a tent city frostbite dweller . The dollar impaired bag dispared…