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Sep 2023 · 36
there is a ghost in
Michael John Sep 2023
there is a ghost in
my house
you can hear it
go-wow!?
the specter of a
sparrow-
sounds sweet!
shadow´s tweet..
-and i jump,
and he laughs,
raucously and floats
away..
Sep 2023 · 40
theres a ghost in
Michael John Sep 2023
theres a ghost in
my house
or some lonely
old
mouse-hard to say
as one grows
older
is it me or
her
memories
are dim
today or
tomorrow
a limb or
a whim
who knows
times breech
no belief
less teeth
out of reach...
but dance o
o yeah
the groove grows
fair..
Sep 2023 · 71
nothing is as it is-
Michael John Sep 2023
nothing is as it is-
as the slice of onion
said to the lettuce-
something is missing..

they left out the tomato-
no no no no..
humanity,the pickle,flavo-
we don´t know..
Aug 2023 · 80
nothing is as it is,
Michael John Aug 2023
nothing is as it is,
my father would say:
nature abhors a vacuum
i would say um-

what about space?
what about the space
in me burger?
hum..!
Aug 2023 · 187
nothing is as it is
Michael John Aug 2023
nothing is as it is
in actuality
(a fine word)
not even reality..

and certainly not
burgers but if
you can get fifty million?!
a fine world..
Aug 2023 · 41
this is what i didn´t-
Michael John Aug 2023
this is what i didn´t-
write..
Aug 2023 · 56
this is what i did-
Michael John Aug 2023
this is what i did-
nothing i didn´t want
that was imperative
the way to live

it was all positive..
beautiful structures
every ways-let others
be..

give me red
and shine the
way
stars and dostoyevski..
Aug 2023 · 47
this is what i did
Michael John Aug 2023
(this is what i did)
..then roam the sand
the long road
to the beach

past lucy..
and the palm flower
to the fountain
and moaning insects

past the suffering
schools
of humanity to end
or the end-

where we stood naked
nestled under stone
and played in the brine
(mostly germans..)

fell asleep and slept
off the excesses of the night
before lead
the sky fresh

the sea blue as dreams
light as the one light
shooting the sun
prepare the return..
Aug 2023 · 57
this is what i did
Michael John Aug 2023
this is what i did
(as no-one showed interest
40 years is not too late)
at a civilized hour ´bout

eleven, and coffee and
cognac,lily..
i suffered the work
cafe-

a little old man or
lady wanted their
windows cleaned-
we would sit in their

lovely home amidst
cats,china and tiles and
good food for a few hours
and when the job done

they paid a days work
and smiling bid each
other adieux..
and away

for a bowl of bean soup
fresh from the bakers-
chicken and patatas
a craft of red..
Aug 2023 · 54
we lived on bean soup
Michael John Aug 2023
we lived on bean soup,
we lived on high-hopes,
slaves-by-the-sea-so-
highs were high-lows

were low-internible dupes!
but we had our youth,
we were the crow,
ah-we knew..
Aug 2023 · 155
we lived on bean soup
Michael John Aug 2023
we lived on bean soup
a sandy troupe
naked and burnt
the sun hurt..

a flat backed hell!
the day well
the nights better
but forget her..
Aug 2023 · 52
we lived on bean soup
Michael John Aug 2023
we lived on bean soup
the local vino too
slept on the roof
the whispering surf

and star bright..
by candle light
read the russians..
a motley  crew..

the sky blue
the trees white
busses came
and boats went..

we danced and
did what you do
when young..
what that is..
Aug 2023 · 45
with out trust
Michael John Aug 2023
with out trust
a suitable title
for our eulogy-

lily says ***,
there´s god
and money

there´s your
dog
there is today

and tomorrow
the birds and
sky..
Aug 2023 · 37
with out trust
Michael John Aug 2023
with out trust
we wander the cusp
neither full or empty
the collective cup

neither,down or
up-
no or yup..
pups without love..
Aug 2023 · 59
with out trust
Michael John Aug 2023
i

without trust
nothing will grow
including love
and an avocado..

ii

an old friend
of mine
said
trust no-one..


iii

if ye can´t trust
yo mamma
life will be a ******
word..

iv

none trusted me
and consequently
i trusted no-one-
***..
Aug 2023 · 56
certain times of day
Michael John Aug 2023
i

certain times of day
i do the same things
my old lady says
i am a creature of

habit-silly rabbit,
she also says
and ******-what
ever that means..

mad
as
a
boiled owl..

(expression from a
new found land)
love is cruel
never mind..


ii

but i do rise at
8 30
and read till
9 30
breakfast at
10..

and play my scales
till
half past
then wash up

and then go down the
supermarket
return and
cook

at 12 30 i play an
hour-
giuliani is hot
on the books..!

lunch at
1 30
today is spaghetti
and chilled

gazpacho
watch a movie
and doze
read..

at 4
sweep the floor
water the jazz
pet the cats..
Aug 2023 · 46
certain times of day
Michael John Aug 2023
certain times of day
are more auspicious
sisters/brothers-

to be the natural man
inside
ebb and flow  

the tides
-the sun
-the moon

and the stars
mapped our way
our destiny recognised..
Aug 2023 · 64
certain times of the day,
Michael John Aug 2023
certain times of the day,
say i am older,
time no longer plays,
a care free aire-

some times a dirge,say,
twenty past the hour,
stinted and grey,
sweet yet sour..
Aug 2023 · 398
you got to sell it man?!
Michael John Aug 2023
you got to sell it man?!
no good raving
no good  reason

no good talent-
means nowt-
you got

to be liked
that is why!
look at vinny-?!

no good dying
yes,it is
sometimes..

then the world
can sigh and
wring it´s hands

and make some
serious dosh!-
you slice an ear..
Aug 2023 · 44
poetry is a case of
Michael John Aug 2023
poetry is a case of
or mix of
how i dislike that
word

a mix of short term
and spontaneous
(and spelling)

ancient
and before that
no telling

maybe
feeling
for some

humour
or a ******-
tragedy..

for others
*****
or lover

what we want
us stamped
sister/brother..
Aug 2023 · 522
i wish for a raspberry bush
Michael John Aug 2023
i wish for a raspberry bush
a kind of a dream touch
amid the green and red
the futures soft tread
equally shared..

in the insidious hush
you took my hand
and said enough-
long time dead..
Aug 2023 · 55
some cry from the heart
Michael John Aug 2023
some cry from the heart
some not-cause,
to have a false god

because, a raspberry
bush is
never enough

because, sweetest
dish-
your love..
Aug 2023 · 430
i wish for a raspberry bush
Michael John Aug 2023
i wish for a raspberry bush
and an acre of land
lush and brown!

man will always desire
space
his own

he will call his
choice-
a future..!

we want ours
through justice
and god..
Aug 2023 · 68
the value of being alive
Michael John Aug 2023
i

the value of being alive
has a rather nice ring..
considered and blithe!
-a japonese thing-

the word is, ikigai..!?
-not easily, however,
dropped into casual
conversation-(*** says lily..)

ii

though my first thought
was along financial
lines-i admit..

then i moved swiftly
on to death
but settled with the birds..
Aug 2023 · 90
writing is such a
Michael John Aug 2023
i

writing is such a
gas
all the things i
never knew
the past

is turned over
and you can have your
say-
that is true
what you were..

and what they
were-
will is was
will be
what a laugh!

it was-
if drunk enough
or high enough
and everybody
was-
it was ok..

ii)

writing is such a
laugh
sometimes a snigger

an acid bath
a cold trigger
a chortle

a hurdle
the swallows to their
homes fly..

or a smile
economic
and wild..
Aug 2023 · 212
writing is such a
Michael John Aug 2023
writing is such a
lonely affair and that
is why for the most part
i enjoy

to post it on the net-
a morning of creeping
out the door
the sun rising

upon a sleeping
ankle and the words
that resonate
and their where-withal-

we are all alone
look to the skies!
look up your ***
nothing and no-one..
Aug 2023 · 71
a hotel on mayfair?
Michael John Aug 2023
i)

a hotel on mayfair?
better off in prison-
all property is theft-
you owe me one..

thousand..two..hundred..
kiss my ***,tarrega-
i don´t have it..
done for..

(will all the world´s wealth
end in one hand
or will it have ended
long before (then)..)
Michael John Aug 2023
if i were to save your life
do you owe me
or am i responsible
for the rest of it..

***,says lily-
collect two hundred pounds for
passing go or
go directly to jail..

beyond love or
words-
the throw of the
die-in the lap of the gods..
Aug 2023 · 79
we play monopoly-
Michael John Aug 2023
we play monopoly-
mono meaning alone-
one for the money..
(come on..!!!)

is there, asks lily,
a more tedious time-
she is the tree
in prison

her spirit free
her only crime-
property
a sin..

double three??!
shake off the yoke of oppression!
hotel on mayfair..
everybody belongs

to everybody
(brave new world..)
you owe me..
you owe me..
Aug 2023 · 95
we are like battleships
Michael John Aug 2023
we are like battleships-
i  a sub-H1-H2
(we play for kisses)
shock blew

me socks off!
and the lights gone
there are muffled cries-
ah called love..!
Aug 2023 · 69
you ´re my favourite
Michael John Aug 2023
you´re my favourite
kind of thief
though profits soar
majestic heights
through war and an
effed climate-
it is only business..
Jul 2023 · 375
you´re my favourite kind
Michael John Jul 2023
you´re my favourite kind
of thief
you give it all away
lily..

what a beautiful revolutionary
you are!
your life-
star..!
Jul 2023 · 179
do you feel cheated?
Michael John Jul 2023
do you feel cheated?
high-expectation-unsated-
you want it perfected..
so now you await..

-wait on a bit..?!
it´s belated..
hey, but worth it..
waits waiting waited..
Jul 2023 · 52
do you feel cheated?
Michael John Jul 2023
do you feel cheated?
i did..
i expected less
but that did n´t exist

unless deaths inclusive
final hit
her long tresses
her white kiss..

to live..
for nothing..ah..
there is love
there´s living..
Jul 2023 · 146
do you feel cheated?
Michael John Jul 2023
do you feel cheated?
or did you expect
less..

are you doomed
or
are you blessed..

are you proud
or
not bothered

do ye bleat-
d´or!?!
or

happiest
as you
are-silver..
Jul 2023 · 65
suicide?
Michael John Jul 2023
suicide?
it is my body
and my mind

-they would quite
happily
send me away

to die
in some pointless
war

so why should i
bother
love sister/brother..
Jul 2023 · 51
i dreamt about a poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i dreamt about a poem
it was someone else
their opening
birth and death

they went to heaven
meanwhile
i am waiting
clueless and adrift..
Jul 2023 · 158
i dreamt about a poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i dreamt about a poem
to my knowledge
i have not  

the grey sun
the little birdies song
i awoken to one..
Jul 2023 · 64
i dreamt about a poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i dreamt about a poem
not i dreamt a poem
note-how the world hangs
upon a word

from to on in
little things
but such a difference
exist-ence..
Jul 2023 · 53
i write my poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i write my poem
(although not my own-
the internet is sharing-
though we may like it
or not-
be it body parts
or lonely hearts
-the biggest library
the world has ever seen!..)

i write my poem
(so many seeds sown
has it all gone
from the icing  to
the hot-hot- a perfect
start to all this yucky
ness-what has it
become..you tell me..
Jul 2023 · 49
i write my poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i write my poem
and i don´t know
how or why
it is a tomb
it makes me low
it makes me melan-
cholic
it makes me
cry
sometimes it
makes me go
o
sometimes i
know
though what possible
use-who said all art
is useless-it is
a boil upon the ******-dum-di-
dum-it kills time
i suppose and it makes
me think but ideas will
certainly be the death
of us and a ******* good
job too..but meanwhile..
Jul 2023 · 362
i write my poem
Michael John Jul 2023
i write my poem,
you write yourn,
you say where,
ill say when!

we have seen!
we have been!
gives a monkeys?!
not you or i..
Jul 2023 · 62
one look to the stars
Michael John Jul 2023
one look to the stars
and mans destiny is
beyond words-

lily is a bird
messenger of the gods
a wish wished..

she steels her magnificent
plumage
and stretches-

luxury
is a fine
way to be

if you know
how
the heart

to the skies
all the price
and showed..
Jul 2023 · 384
ok
Michael John Jul 2023
ok
ok,
not a riveting
beginning
might be worse-

an end
a effing middle
glorious affirmation!
or curse

an Americanism?
or Hindu-fish-
like-
i steer clear

last word
did you enjoy
it was ok
o..
Jul 2023 · 71
being corrupt has
Michael John Jul 2023
i)

being corrupt has
it´s moments
all is lies cheating
hypocrisy-

and ha-ha but-
lily chews her
way through a
sunday morning

space cookie-
here she pauses
to clean her gum
and ****

her finger-without
the dissolute  there would be
no good
we can not have god

without the devil
without doubt
no faith
no hate-no love..

ii

life or death,
the world belonged
to itself
the bugs and-

(i preferred her
silent)
-a dream as yet
undreamt..

iii

creation a single note
maybe A flat-i mean,
have you walked down
the high street

lately..?!

iv

paradise to the fast food
slice
clear water to plastic

poison from the very skies-
(no wonder we are sick)
fries

fall deafening
man cries-
why..
Jul 2023 · 82
some remain blocked
Michael John Jul 2023
some remain blocked
for years
they try everything
(fear lies at the very
rooty-toot..)
nothing to loose
-it has all been left behind
doubt ***** like starving
succubi-money,
but they have
achieved..

some push on through
mediocre and even las vegas
dessert islands
and a couch-
zen to love even..
but the relieved-

death on the horizon
was it all a dream?
within the green
room
the great line
reaches out beseeching..
Jul 2023 · 67
frustration
Michael John Jul 2023
frustration
can be
onomatopoeic
fun,lily

(-don´t hit
your head against
a metaphorical
wall)

climb a tree
on some moon lit
even´
recite an ancient
canticle

we are children
of the light
feel the magic!
tick-tock
unblocked..
Jul 2023 · 65
remember that time!?-
Michael John Jul 2023
remember that time!?-
more reminiscences?!
lily hisses-her
barrenness-continues
unabated-

(has she climbed a tree
lately?)
within time lies the
answer-
inspiration sated

eternity or brevity
there the stars or
second a million parts
still a child at
heart-
nothing wasted..
Jul 2023 · 231
lily is in stygian mood
Michael John Jul 2023
lily is in stygian mood
a combination inspired
or lack there of by
nothing and wired..

a common enough
phenomenon
blind is the word..
i remind her:

di nada di nada-
in this world
to the next
over  the styx..
Jul 2023 · 87
enough so it seems
Michael John Jul 2023
enough so it seems
is not stealing
cheating-
hate or love..

nor even dreaming..!
(no-none of the above..)
what really twists our melon,man,
is saying the truth..
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