most people around here
take democracy for
granted they vote for the fascist  ..

old bloke in the pub says
buy me a pint and I’ll be grateful
for ever mate, neither of us
have got that long       ..

the pub at lunchtime
is quiet, he says,
I’m eating

this is all knew
I’d find it odd
my dear

leaves him alone
in the wood
are all he has    ..

just a glove, which everyone takes off
with well honed mimicry,
knuckles exposed, brittle *****
in their lack of symmetry, groaned
as they all have a hand in correctly mocking
all the above

let’s do lunch tomorrow
not sure if I can make it
I’m not asking you to cook