February 2012
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January 2012
9 posts
Badu →
“Voices
You know that ringing sound that you will perceive when you are in a...”
– http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2klvzj/voices.pen.io/
Erm
When the poet cannot write
the poet should write about it
Wake up in inspiration’s bed and scream
the sour morning breath of inertia away
before she pre-empts, precludes, perforates, panics, prunes and punishes
her thoughts
finding insult in the laughter of her own humour
Is this a challenge of honesty or has she grown weary of it’s lilt?
The jazz now sounds like country;
...
Heroes
Never meet your heroes
when they have facial wipes
wrapped around digits
dulling their sheen with alcohol
Don’t mistake the glass of water
as a welcoming gesture
it’s for the old dentures
These heroes are timeless
it’s a shame about the enamel
As PeggySue and the Pirates wobbled Superman
up close it is a wrinkly maverick
all underpants and tears
And what on earth...
I need to appropriate these words →
Logical Doodles
You are the logic in my phobia
The quiet fizz in cider sips
You’re the forgiveness in my piety
The two-tone in my lips
Insanity in my silence
Posture in my dub dance
You are the picture in my shoebox
Nonchalance in my romance
You are the doodles in my lectures
Ugliness before the smile
The patchwork mask of pride
You are the syntax in my freestyle
A covert stranger in the family
The...
December 2011
1 post
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