the doctor said it is the endocardium,
it always kills before the next full moon.
And, no one would believe
that privacy, its stupid laws
allowed me to fulfil a dream.
I gave you all my valves
with just one signature,
that you may live, my love.
And, in recovery you wait
in vain for me, to be a visitor.
I’m here with you, so close
that neither God nor Devil
nor the end of all we know
will have the power to destroy
the bond of you and me.
I woke and found myselfin soft embrace of armsthat had awaited me.Her kisses pointed, longingly,at eyes so blue, so heavenly.
by folks who knew whereof they spoke,they also liked this handsome bloke.They went to church where he confessed,the Priest said ‘son you shall be blessed’,but unbeknownst, quick like a rockethe picked the Holy Father’s pocket.And stayed behind to help claen up,then pocketed a golden cup.Also a case of Beaujolais.Who would have guessed? What can I…
When the hangman pulls the switchand the man drops in the ditchHoward sits in Canberraplans to buy his wife a bra.Watches cricket and the newsaides are polishing his shoes.Life goes on, he says to ‘nettesomeone wants to make a betover what in Changi Prisonmight have, secretly arisen.Never mind says Howard nowplucks a hair from his…
send him wishes, sometimes darts,he may upset applecartsup to snuff in his cognitionquick to beat the competitionkeeping though a civil tongueonce he sees the bastards hung.Friends like Jerry come in stagesask a poet as he ageswhether he’d accept a freak,he will help the frail, the meekbut he has no time for losers,druggies, poofters, thieves and…
same as people who would speakinstead of praying on a matof peaceful colour, knitted withthe fibres of explosives and despair?What once emerged with hopefor man to live togetherin harmony of spirit and of liberty,where no man be a tyrantit is abused, shamefully usedfor there can never bea true Democracywithout much opium for the people,one cannot…
his Russian bride, the trophywho had willingly becomehis bride, you should have seenthe envy, he had been the king.The day the card arrived, so green,permission to remain foreverin the land of greatest freedomshe’d packed her single bagand left, at dawn, to seek her liberty.He’d been awake and trappedher on the steps to the garage,quickly his…
