Set the alarm Agonizing daybreakpunch your timecard into the slot of mockerydistant from the Club Medpackaged releasecan be cachedwhen the rat trap salesman and the countessfrolic in the bathtubs of seedy motelswhile fantasy hawkerscrouch behind the armchairteasing pulsating veins Praise aortasAlas it beatsarduously battling nagging multitudes ofcigarettesandimaginary confrontations The ticking of nuclear warheaded pregnantwith screamingContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Set the alarm””
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Poetry Corner: “Merry Christmas”
Merry Christmas A lukewarm bottle of beeror twoor threejust to ease into the propagated spiritand a can of beans with a mock turkey loafclimaxed with yet more late night telescreenon the flickering old Sonythe gifts of life from Christ who works in the aftershave departmentblessing the meek with Mastercardand the disciples of bill collectors thatContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Merry Christmas””
Poetry Corner: “DDR Circus Memories”
DDR Circus Memories My feelings debased on the circus ringsubordinated to the vulgar popcorn mouthssoon the master with the whip with the back ripping brushbut I’ll look so prettyshiny fur and gleaming coat and white fangs on those with dignity and prideThey came to see the untamed beastruffian and uncouth champion of the jungleI attemptContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “DDR Circus Memories””
Poetry Corner: “Bangladesh , Pakistan et al blues”
Bangladesh, Pakistan et al blues Cheap garments wantedlocal rag trade business destroyed and thousands of North American jobs lostcheap labour and the lure of profitsworn by those so far from and unaware of depraved low cost production conditionsoutsourcing industrialized countries banalityThird World workers deaths in the many to make Black Friday a realitya new varietyContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Bangladesh , Pakistan et al blues””
Poetry Corner: “Boko Haram Murders 153 Schoolchildren”
Boko Haram murders 153 schoolchildren nice little babycome here sweetheartwant a nice big kiss from mommylittle chicken tidbits for your delicate tummydaddy poo wants to take you for a walkno big doggie is going to molest OUR little babyand when you come home a cookieoh you’re such a wonderful darlingwhere would we be without youyouContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Boko Haram Murders 153 Schoolchildren””
Poetry Corner: “Beat up a poet today”
Beat up a poet today Butterflies embrace the skya God given sunny spring day and the soul flies highif this grade five rhyme is poetry then certainly something has gone awryliquidate this trivial optimismviewed through a socially irrelevant prismquash this verseplace it on the next outgoing hearseforget the grandmothers who sigh at the mention ofContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “Beat up a poet today””
Poetry Corner: ” The 27th loser”
The 27th loser She wanted to meet him and morethe Big Starhe was all she desiredwithout her body next to his she would go mada typical case but sadin all likelihood he most likely was a cadshe rejected countless lovers by the scorepreferring to read about him in cheap pulp magazinesdreams with-about-for him got theContinue reading “Poetry Corner: ” The 27th loser””
Poetry Corner: “The Bluebeard Cafe”
The Bluebeard Cafe They laughed at ussaying we were rowdy and drunk greasy punksand kicked our ass out into the grasp of the unwelcome coldto spoil those buggers week-end treatwas going to be a nasty feat so we locked the doors and mixed them a cocktail that would cause any drinker to flush Accompanied byContinue reading “Poetry Corner: “The Bluebeard Cafe””
Poetry Corner: “yet another charity ball”
Yet another charity ball The dignified crawling to the heartthrobs of walking diamondsorganized by those who created the needkeeps affluent consciousnesses clean Robert K. Stephen
Poetry Corner: “Go west young man”
Go west young man gaspingretchingtumbles rivers of foamy beerspilling to the pavementencircling rivers of half digested macaroniwhile its stumbling moaning creatorwends homeward to bedandready to leap like a tiger upon its unprepared toilerstomorrow Robert K. Stephen
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