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Michael John Jul 19
thankyou for your honesty
sleeping on a crust and
aa is not for me, i need money..

i would sell my poetry
but they are so effing cheap
probably waiting for me to die..

which might not be far off
feathers and feet
in a neat little pile

my eyes open in a final vinelle
goodbye cruel world
with love i fell..
Michael John Jul 18
atmosphere
i burned my ******* finger
did nt look any better
on paper..
but no crow,
you´re not getting any money..

a dim epicurean
fat and lazy..
(you will only want more)
no longer my window but
a closed door-
a vista innocent but a blank cheque..
not hope but to let..

yes,you will soon cease to be real
you won´t know how you feel
hello,my name is crow..
a nameless jackdaw
with plenty but no soul
25 and old..
i was once a diamond..
Michael John Jul 18
lily ***** up-your face
i want money to waste
howl at the dogs, go!
called tomorrow..

all the days
flittered away
i will buy that though
i don´t want it
call it tomorrow..

yeah..what is now
i don´t know-yesterday was
poo-could n´t give it away
i want money
call tomorrow..

what for-big house
new car cruise-
nothing to lose
plenty to lose o
you and i we know..
Michael John Jul 17
she scratches an itch
and says man must have chaos with-
in
to give birth to a dancing star-
(thursday is a day for nietzsche..)

creation is the residue of war
between passion and reason
so you can call names and point

a finger or create a masterpiece
all depending..someone at the door..!
disembodied voices:

god is in your heart
technology and nuclear war..
keep your family safe..

lily counters with did you know
a shark has the same intelligence
as a rabbit-why..?

what to say-she invites them
for a cup of tea but they are
to press on..

she returns with man petting
lions and another poem from crow
called tomorrow..
Michael John Jul 16
i
i did nt like mykonos
i knew the islands or some
and this was my least favourite

it was a police state with windmills
flamboyant gays
back in the eighties there was paradise

and superparadise beaches..
like living in a wind-tunnel
woken by police dogs and my bags

stolen-not like anyone cared for the
merchandise waste of time..
i liked crete..
Michael John Jul 15
and so we turned to television
blue peter followed by the news
and the war in vietnam..was on..
nothing new..

atrocity..followed by the weather..
dixon of dock green where the bad man
was brought to justice..we had faith in
the policeman..

i had no possessions apart from a bike
and a bell-no telephone or lap-top..
there were fields to play, like
we sold apples door to door, so..
Michael John Jul 15
we would dance around the may pole
in the playground that was a war-zone
we were about 10 years old..
i say we danced i prayed for rain,alone..

it was usually dismal and cold but
the church and the council could nt condone
us dancing around a big ****
and so we were done..

this had ocurred to none and when i asked
no answer was forth-coming..pagan rites
the worship of fertility and procreation..
nature our true inheritence..
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