Burying an old rotting Tasmanian tiger A road fatality brought here by a man who is not here at this point Skin stripped off and nailed stretched over an old log to make a new drum skin The muscles and sinews make a macabre display on the front porch An interesting addition to a mostly […]
Read more "“Now I Lay Me Down”"Live your dreams or you may find yourself living someone else’s I think this as I look into the leaden clouded eyes of a rotten dead wallaby Head cocked so that spinal cord protrudes slightly I am piling rocks against a wire fence My boots thickly sink in mud making it hard to move Each […]
Read more "“The Elephant and the Gas”"I am going to London I chose this path because I felt I had a calling Or is that just a song that I like? Sometimes though I am not sure if I am getting a call or simply listening to the dial tone I can never tell where the inside voice ends and the […]
Read more "“London Calling”"I’m a Facebook celebrity I travel over land and sea Shaped by how many blue thumbs you give me Posting for that click click Double click Give my photos a flick When I use the right filter my hair looks so sick Don’t you like my post? Ain’t I the most? Will you think of […]
Read more "“Is the new world order a new disorder?”"Looking through the world through yellow glasses today The sky looks hopeful somehow The wind whistles hollowly through a gap in the car like a nervous kettle The trees are beautiful today In hues of green, yellow orange, rusty red and fawn In silhouette from the distant fields they are shadow black and green with […]
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