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Michael John Jun 2024
i

writing a new day
some holy record
a begining-

picasso said-painting,
is just another way
of keeping a diary..

(what an unusual life
he must have lead-)
lily says:

the eyes have it..
in his glance
there is the unique..

ii

you could say
the same about charlie manson
-but that is madness

which beggers the question
where does genius end
and madness begin?

fancy dinner with them
i would n´t mind
never be the same..

iii

like a sardine in
some night mare
you are human

glancing ´tween
uncomprehending
and epiphany

there is a shrieking
and a silence
and that´s the same-

the devil and a saint
regard themselves
what do they see

in each others eyes-
poison and a cup of tea
for starters-

women and women
like them
freedom..

what has not been done
in thy name-
seven little letters..


a first reaction
that resonates through out
time-

are you insane?
let us not define
wine?

iv

one is a product
of it-wine and time
some crucial refrain

(perhaps a chemical
in the brain)
i was loved

i was hated
i was a child prodigal
my mother gave me

to pedophiles for a
bottle of *****
i was wunderkind

i had sight
i thought i did
i went to prison

i went to school..
i had the world
i had the street..

v

ambitious stuff,
she comments skeptically,
you are a small fish

dreaming you´re human on
a dinner date with two of
the most famous or infamous

names of the 20th century..
i think i overstretched..
just click your flippers

and ask for the cheque
wake up in the shoal
circle,baby,circle..
Michael John Jun 2024
i

pleasantly duplicitous
-that is an oxymoron
eg-i ate the last of the

pizza because- the word
goes on and on-
there is no redemption

not in modern life
(or like barley sways
in the temperate winds..)

how is one to survive?
with-out the cunning
of a gentle high?

-the stomach sated
-the nerve held
to lie and be honest

and be nice..
and yet duplicitous
say this

mean that
mean that say this
you wish..


ii

you were a sea-horse
so does everybody
get over it..
Michael John Jun 2024
i

are humans concious?

i would say that was pretty
obvious-look at weapon
capabilities and (who developed
them?)-for example-******-
was not suffice-so they added a
phospherous element..and that
burns under water-
agent orange still
causing wide spread cancer..
these are quaintly old fashioned
but you get the idea-
what they have today in the
way of bio-weaponry..

are you are not  confusing conciousness with
civilization?
not much comparison..?

ii

i´d rather be an octopi..
changing colours and having
fun..


iii
Michael John Jun 2024
i would pick magic mushrooms
and eat them as i went
happily along-

it is not advised but
how fine sat in the clouds
and rain

of so many colours
in my heart a song
that tasted sweet but

metallic..i would
go back-in my pockets
cow-pats and

sundry other stuff
a blade of grass
like god smiling..

ii

now, they use the psychedelic
component to treat alcoholism
and depression

we were ahead of them..
there was elation
just find her..
Michael John Jun 2024
vincent van gogh
(all been said before)
from his blog:
some bright colours

a chair and some clogs
an impossible door
stars like gods
but more:

what did he know?
(as  in go) or care
look at the crows
so cut an ear

a good start
a tricky wing
hang fire and one
in the heart..
Michael John Jun 2024
let me tell you what
happiness is
when a tooth stops
aching and like-
wise a heart..
Michael John Jun 2024
feathers-
a nom de plume
light and sweet
a mystery

heavy or less..
look close
read the signs
are we not blessed..
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