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44 · Aug 2024
i watched them..
Michael John Aug 2024
tear it all down
one rainy afternoon
we were to be moved somewhere new..

but they could neither
shift the betrayal
(that ran too deep..)

after tradition and war
had taken their toll
(nor render hope..)

a gold fish in a bowl
not sure
free milk

to a future that sparkled
like piles of
dung..
43 · Jul 2
dear crow
Michael John Jul 2
re-boredom-lies at the heart
of all sin-if not all
then nearly all-and part
of the human tragedy..

i am never bored
i remember as a child
i was bored constantly
so i know what it is..

but it went away
don´t know how or where
glad it did..happy..
if i may say..lily..
43 · Dec 2024
hope is snow
Michael John Dec 2024
hope is snow
each a flake of genius
belief so..

the wee bird in my
window
we want to share o..
43 · Feb 9
poems
Michael John Feb 9
poems from the basement-
i stayed with a couple in the attic
once-

the police led him away in handcuffs
there were state of the art cameras
lights and dogs..

there were plain clothes and soldiers
bright lights and a thin divide
there, was his woman unsuprised..

followed, i left town
i took a bus for the country side
the air was sweet..
43 · Mar 20
motivate
Michael John Mar 20
motivate

motivate-
a perspective pit
stand to attention!

what is worth doing
what has to be done
reverse it-

no,too cryptic-she taps
a pencil against teeth
that barely shown-motivate-

write it down-what we
want..wrong and right
why write..


ii

because the earth is flat
and i have something to say
i have to have direction

some kind of internal compass
if up turns out to be down
and round and round..
i will be ******..
43 · Aug 2024
i)
Michael John Aug 2024
i)
i)

well..down at the
pickled, it is quite still,
(after happy hour some tears, perhaps..)

johnny crash, and the sad rehearse,
you aint nothing but a hound dog!
ernie,lone star, on the dance-floor

with a move reminiscent of
travolta
threatens to throw a hip..

ii)

a god points at a silver star-
edna and gb take their drinks to
a quiet corner..

do you remember..?!some
laughter..two heads close but
not too close

silhouettes
like shy flowers..
time´s illusionary petals

iii)

fall away..
well, quite a long time ago..
(but behind and in the window

happy stands-like
hal in the lip-reading scene
of 2001..)

iv

*** the doorman approaching
with his raffle-tickets
but they seem like

they have won
a cruise to a sunny horizon
do you guys need refreshing?

no,we are fine-not a cloud,
johnny sings of a thing called love
and even the sad are smiling..

iv

a happy ending..
he makes his way to the door
*** is solid-gone

happy waits patiently
sniffs his paw
he will go say, howdy..
43 · Jan 30
i
Michael John Jan 30
i
i should say from
the serpent´s way
it was unpreturbed
my hand hurt..

we forgot..
memory only a word
hastens the day
the blank page..
43 · Apr 2023
thats the thing about
Michael John Apr 2023
i)


thats the thing about
poetry-
a broken world is
a broken heart
not much to be
done

a touch pessimistic
lily but
civilizations come and
go-nothing new
under the
sun-

ah,the moon!
see the moon,
off again to the
moon!
(i said to bob)
alone,
alone-

ii)

three in a line
god knows
pretty stones
thrown majestic-
lily,that is
the thing about
poetry..
43 · Sep 2024
i?
Michael John Sep 2024
i?
i?

how she changed from death,
there must have been a moment,
illusive as jam on toast..

there must have been a breath,
what they call an epiphany,
maybe..

she said long time dead!?
not so much left
what alternative..?

ii

what is better then why
it is a beginning-
the aroma of fresh java!

what next?
a jump into the unknown
eggs benedict..

life
and ketchup
the only way..
Michael John May 27
the poet is a serial killer
the holes in her
a stars mirror..

leafs sway her hair
left to wonder-she said
i don´t care..
Michael John Jul 21
i have come to understand effort
once i would just give up
when teacher said no such word
as can´t-

i would scoff..but it is the act
it is the love..we put in..
and somehow get back..
the leaf is thin..
42 · Oct 2024
i
Michael John Oct 2024
i
i

food has become beauty
lily muses-
and entertainment
coloured happy

not blue..
not happy open packet
open packet and stick content
in maw..

ii

more our first
word and maybe
our last thought..

time as chips
salt and poly-do-da
hunger and thirst..
42 · Jul 9
di nada di nada
Michael John Jul 9
di nada di nada
this is profoundly false
war-
the love walz..

feed the birds
and memory of course
when for the first time
your baby grips your finger..

all for nothing all free
but if (and this is a big one)
i should play my guitar
then,you have to pay..
42 · Mar 19
to motivate-
Michael John Mar 19
to motivate-
to just do the washing up
with joy in my heart..!

a tate a tate,
with the love of god,
(etheral as sparrow-****..)

instead, i hear nina and
she is wild as the wind
(for clevor trevor..)
sparrow **** is a euphemism for dawn in case any one wondered..nina is a reference to nina simones rendition of that great song and clevor trevor is another song by ian dury rip..
42 · May 30
Untitled
Michael John May 30
some ave trange ideas
in ikea
dissapearence and ******..
42 · Jul 27
lily does her yoga
Michael John Jul 27
lily does her yoga
into the pensive penguin..
she´s on the radio again..!

one hesitant flipper
and some favourite songs
some poems

and her friend steve..
are penguins monogomous
they might be

i´ll ask the computer
but standing by the ice
flashing a peculiar eye

the soul is all
her nose in the comical air
the fish asks why..
42 · May 2024
the doorbell
Michael John May 2024
the doorbell
to hell-
in inspiration´s dell-

did you know lily
the sole of the foot
corresponds to each

major *****?
and plenty in-between..
lost in a dream she says-

ii

there is so much we
don´t know
or understand

in the amazon is a cure
for everything
and what is in our

minds-don´t say
heaven and hell-
hells doorbell..!

iii

but we have to sell
have to-
to have or to have

not-that is the crux
that is what divides
us..

i notice she
has smoke and
the space..

with out a trace
and heat..
through slit..
42 · Jan 7
now,
Michael John Jan 7
now, is a strange concoction
of future and nostalgia
lily, i hear the contented suction

of straws from chilled milk
bottles which blue **** had pecked
and left jagged-

free milk provided by the state
which the children unfortunate
to go without breakfast enjoyed and

had two-which of course would
bankrupt the country today..
what with the price of state of the art jet

fighters..and to make resolutions
which is also tough-given up so many avenues
of pleasure already..
42 · Oct 2024
solitude
Michael John Oct 2024
solitude is a matter of
childhood
how we find ourselves

amid the tumult and
others-some do not,
and for some, others-

death..they and other
become themselves-
the pack or alienated-

take your pick
either way..
the sun shines
the day long..

ii

when i wake crying
holding the pieces that were
my guitar

it can only get better..
alone before cacti
sea and little boats..
42 · Mar 2024
soup
Michael John Mar 2024
(hey well a
onomatopoeia....)
a poem of soup
a soup of poem
if only
only if
salt and p
pepper and s
bread so crunchy
crunchy bread
hot and spicy
thick and red
thick or thin
in my belly
on me chin
down  and down...
so-so
soup for you!
soup for me!
(enough said..)
42 · Oct 2024
i am
Michael John Oct 2024
i am tired lily
cries
from the red eye

i will supine
just here
in the dusty road

and read the clouds
in the reflected
decked in glory

wonder at you and
me
the same and yet

cosmically apart
(just go around)
alive and yet dead..

i shall prostrate for
peace are we not
kith and kin

brother and sister
do we not all want
the same..?!
42 · May 26
who
Michael John May 26
who
who do i think i am
a sad alien or something..
my opinion..means nothing..

but just like you i am
alone on this little blue marble
hoping for the best..
41 · Apr 2024
i
Michael John Apr 2024
i
i

i get bored with the clever
(not trevor)
but they whom look down

from no particular height
(i have an opinion
just like them)

i say light
they say dark
reactionary, lily..

ii

me?
not you-
money..

say money..
money..
now live without..
41 · Jul 2024
come on happy?!
Michael John Jul 2024
come on happy?!
let´s go for a walk-
it´s a lovely day!
-though you don´t
deserve it
after last night´s
performance..

leave it out!
passive/aggressive xxxx
the state of my head..watch?!
i can hardly wag my tail..
you go-
i´ll dream of the innocent..
i´ll lie and twitch..
41 · Aug 4
WHEN..
Michael John Aug 4
WHEN my mind is empty
i wonder why-is it the negative
energy or am i just lazy, why..
o to live..

my father would say
i was too lazy to fall off  the couch
i tried it once-ouch..
(that is the kind of thing they say..)

i felt safe there, outside-monsters
roamed
so i lay with mirror and comb
beautiful world leader..
41 · Apr 2024
i can´t
Michael John Apr 2024
i can´t..
(no,you can´t)
does n´t matter

how clever..
well i might roam india
with loving bowl

shave my head
and save my soul
meet beautiful people..!

ii

like a blue bird
-life is magical
(that´s an option)

choice is imperative
open winged
through the midnight..
40 · Jul 2024
iii
Michael John Jul 2024
iii
iii

i am thinking intermediate
lily something with black thorns
but marks and sparks..

blood in the walk-naomi
dear don´t fidget so-
todd you are late..
Michael John Jul 2024
some things are irreversible
(like underwear)
there is one way

and what is done is done..
ah,if it were so simple
live for the day!


o we don´t care
what of the future
and babble-babble..
40 · Oct 2024
examaning the hair
Michael John Oct 2024
i

examining the hair on
her arm pit-she says,
there is nothing we
have n´t killed and died for..

the emancipation of women
our morning cereal-
the supermarket is a trail
of death and devastation

not to mention depression and
exploitation-at 30 per cent off
not a big love or happy way
at any cost..
40 · May 2024
i
Michael John May 2024
i
i

i was ****** lily laughs
but why bother i ask you
if not for lot´s of money
and applause..

the green room of god
the creative urge and you
know so effing bored
and look at this-

pip pip another rejection
slip..
not suitable..!?
ha!

(a suitable epitaph..)
they called me
a star..
is a star is a star..

ii

dancing under the stars
i say lord above
out and out
savage loved

once but that
amigos
is enough
la..!
40 · May 2024
i
Michael John May 2024
i
i

as poly succinctly has it
-identity is the crisis can´t
you see

but to know yourself is
taboo..
unless lily quips

you know yourself
as an utter xxxx
and don´t care..

ii

ah, we are in the bath again
(strangers without pain)
candles aflickering..

conversation as bubbles..
bowie sings we are the
dead on a bootleg..

iii

who do you like
i like whitman
he got me through..

he will..
such a lovely human
i have n´t read him

for so long
i want to
but don´t..

iv

what about the beats
i like lew welch
anyone else..

the russians
for me it´s
serendipity..

v

time goes hey
now your old
i have never

been on horse back
never mind
i don´t..
40 · Jul 2024
no..
Michael John Jul 2024
no,not in this life
you have the lowest
common denominator
that is the street-

perfect a merciless stare
-you will accept
nothing but it all-
it is your ball..

to the manner born
my son
your choice
your *****..
40 · Sep 2024
i/
Michael John Sep 2024
i/
i/

bogged down in
raw material
will you toss me a vine?

will you stand
at the peripheral
giving advice-

don´t struggle!
will you smile?
as the mire gets

higher and higher
will i see god in
glorious techni-colour or/

or the devil in
art-house sepia..
o the price of pop-corn..

some such thought
be my last..
blowing bubbles..
40 · Nov 2024
then i thought
Michael John Nov 2024
then i thought
what about malebranche?
a wooden leg
and god

then i did the washing up
and felt better
wrote some more nonsense
******?
going for a more emotional style..
Michael John Aug 2024
in the lovely garden we sit
not a symbol but a thimble
(ok a symbol)
to pain the **** wit..

the rise with a wobble
and look for a magic lit
under the collapsable
o little thing itch..!

where is it?
where is it?!
among the dark sparkle
falling back on the back

of delicious dream-
a little mouse in ear
whispers-love everyone
she snores like a bear..
40 · May 19
dear crow
Michael John May 19
dear crow

what is arrogance surpassed?
minion,my opinion..
we will gather around the stone..

cry or laugh
what i think-you don´ t
have to pay..

it is free-where space man landed
to the gods of fertility we
sacrificed..

i will read and reject the oligarchy
once more free-high on this world
happy the feather..

  yours til the end-lily..
39 · May 2024
i
Michael John May 2024
i
i

see this soap?
here is horror and hope
here is heaven and
el diablo..

what is with-in
is with-in....

yeah..
i love words and
i hate them-
every artist both loves
and hates their medium..

why don´t we like ourselves?
i don´t know-
what do you think, poe?
miaow..

ii

you would think music was
innocuous..
we are just too complex

we could eff-up paradise
we have eff-ed up paradise
***..
the song contest
39 · Jul 6
re:boredom
Michael John Jul 6
re:boredom
when you come by
say arn´t i special..!?

and bored i answer
yes,you are..
the tatt is your mother?

and your lovely long
hair
ah,you are an artist..

i can´t sing
i can´t dance
and i can´t play guitar-

i will be a star!
yes,you will..
a question of belief..
that is a bitter one..sorry about that..
39 · May 2024
poe
Michael John May 2024
poe
poe looks on cynically
pausing in his ablutions-
so,we should have some
kind of moral conscience

we should  care for others..?
has nt it all been done-
every revolution is betrayed
lilly touches an ear and

droplets decorate her crown
an ancient beauty
stars are stray and gone
in love by comparison..
39 · Jul 5
re boredom
Michael John Jul 5
re boredom-
the malaise of man
unchanged as a flame

we do the same
thing every time and marveling
at results-look it is the same

(of course madness is expecting
a difference)
and so some do nothing..

but that is boring too
some rely on greed and selfishness
but that is the same..

some give their heart to god
a heavy load-there is nothing as beautiful
as a flame

but end in a seedy motel with hookers
and an impending divorce settlement
that is boring..

some pick up a guitar and..
or a harmonica
etc..

and some alas put lyrics inbetween
why and we all know the answer-
love..
Michael John Feb 20
a bird warning
they settled around his feet
and went tweet-
his eyes rolled
and the saliva dripped-
then he knew-
the messengers from the gods
his eye crept skies
and soon a digit would be ******..
39 · Jul 2020
i dedicated time to
Michael John Jul 2020
i dedicated time to
learning
hours every day
so i could make
a living

hour after hour
every day
year in
and year out

at the beginning
of each decade
and
at the end

i said
i will
a way
devotion

try and
try
again

(i even
stopped
drinking)
then

and now?
now
..
.

ii

so as many
do
o!

a dream too
nothing new
no

go
gat a
job
boyo..!

iii
39 · Jul 2024
no..
Michael John Jul 2024
no,no-one is innocent
you can dream
you can twitch
but the lovely day

the performance
is  last night
today the long walk
the price to be paid..
39 · Apr 2024
why
Michael John Apr 2024
why
why do you expect something
from me
do i owe you something

you would n´t give me
the pickings from your nose
if i was starving..
39 · May 30
Untitled
Michael John May 30
they came 2000 miles to
be here but they were not welcome
a problem-what do they want..

but now the crops will rot and
the hospitals closing and other stuff
of which i am ignorant..

what do they want though-well
they want a home and security
to be treated like a human being
same as you and me..
38 · Apr 2024
poetry
Michael John Apr 2024
poetry is not like
a bus and yet-
lily taps her foot

when i alight
upon the light
and the lights

go ping-
the driver asks
if i want a ticket

and where i would go?
i think of goa
and all the other

pretty places-
i consider space
within and without..

i consider him
his shining dome
general design

after all my life
his hands..
change-(that word

again..)and up a
spiral
while accelerating!

and breaking
up and back and
on..!

above the trees
the brown plowed
fields

to sit at my seat
like boiled owl
lick my ice cream cone..
38 · Mar 2024
i
Michael John Mar 2024
i
i do like william blake
says lily
and sticks a spliff in
her mouth-

what would he make
of us?
put him in front of
a television

the cars and airoplane..
(he saw angels anyhow..)but
still killing each other
so no surprise there..
38 · Jun 2024
i would pick...
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..
38 · Oct 2024
i
Michael John Oct 2024
i
i

it is obvious like the
words from long before
hindsight is right..
(a bit obscure lily

let´s have clarity..)
when i consider
when i remember
the hairy dilemma..

why are we still here
(specifically..)
some chance encounter
what was nearly

a word that was not
to look up
or to look down
or luck

to sniff the air
portent or a change
of mind-consider reality
the lessons of history..

think of something
quickly
words..(or maybe elaborate
mime..)

instinct, i mean
question
i knew there was some thing
odd-

not  thoughts from a
trunk..silence in the jungle
or a smile
or pray to god..

ii

it is a wonder any get through
the things you know
and worse

the things you don´t..
me and you
guilt and innocent..
38 · Jun 2021
it is rough
Michael John Jun 2021
it is rough
a tremulous bough
without love
and how

do we get on
now
perched precariously
below

sharks grin
up
licking their
lips

(if sharks
have lips..)
above
we sing

and sit
trying not
to think..
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