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neth jones Nov 2015
Little by Little
He softened in the Head
He drank from his own Spittle
Stored in Jars
Under the Bed
He said Daily Prayers
And waited for The Girl
But Drowned in his own Pale *****
Then Stiffened
In a Curl








© Jon Thenes 2005
neth jones Nov 2015
when your heart's
beating overtime
and you drool poison
in your sleep
and you're looking down
on this wound
of slaughter
simply turn your head
and repress the urge
for mischief
mirth
and laughter





© Jon Thenes 2015
neth jones Nov 2015
FADE IN :


                   Open Casting

Medulla Dentata ;
The Marrow Of The Matter
The Teething Of The Day
A Whittle In The Pathway
A Meander In The Pattern
But An Anchor Within The Stray

Both A Complex Labyrinth
And Baby's First Rattle
In Oceans I Lay ;
Medulla Dentata

                   Patter Root


                                         FADE OUT


© Jon Thenes 2015
neth jones Nov 2015
theypackedherupinthetightestboxandtieditshutwiththebrightestlocks­ofthepreviousgirlandhergoldendespair.

© Jon Thenes 2015
neth jones Nov 2015
keep knocking
cause i approve that sound
keep pounding
cause i hear the pounding sounding
through the metal in which i am drunk
and odourless
since i am long lost drowning

i'm minding my thought
since i am surveyed upon
and panic stricken
and panic sodden
then panic wrought
i'm scaling the walls
using the saliva on my scaleless paws
and the iris in my softening
in my frictionless gauze
is a lesion i was taught :
it's a pain to be about the task
i brought on myself
but here it resides ...
a vibration in thought



© Jon Thenes 2005
Disclaimer : This is unedited, except spelling. The original was written on a pair of disposable cleaning gloves in permanent marker. Much cheap red wine was involved. The title comes from the title of the film I think I was watching when the crime occurred. Thank you for your creative tolerance in this matter.
neth jones Nov 2015
there's vinegar on my fingertips
from the time we spend in bed
from the way we rub together
and the friction in our head










© Jon Thenes 2008
neth jones Nov 2015
i need people

people need people
like a sponge for a bed
like a hole in their attic
and a disease of the head
and a burn on their lifestyle
and a turn for the worse
and a failing of gratitude
and a gut split
or vessel burst
or to be drugged in time
or drenched of thirst
it's all people care for
and all they deserve.

i need people





© Jon Thenes 2005
neth jones Nov 2015
Soften the membrane
of Creative Thought
not the memory taught
Let the Seive of Osmosis
relax into action
not the pounding thought
but the Natural Draw and Release
Ease into Ideas
and construct a Tidy Bed
a Cleared Desk of Concentration
an Operation of My Dreams
Structured
as a Part Within
The Worlds Form
Rightful in place
and Marked Out
then Mailed Out
When Ready
Make me A Use
that I may
In Simple
Create.








© Jon Thenes 2015
neth jones Nov 2015
draining life
seeding life
spill from life
and let your husk spoil
dust and the ether
your matter degrade
your scribe and ghost disperse

scatter your brain ;
your memory taught
nutrate the soil ;
the soil of what's to be
and learn a new form

in simple
return



© Jon Thenes 2011
neth jones Nov 2015
tar crack in his dry mack
perched on a bone tree
wishing for the vein leaves
then one day
a mention
thought
then revelation !
only a meal astray
a souls lost attention
red mess on the freeway
and it's pay dirt so easy







© Jon Thenes 2002
neth jones Nov 2015
memory murrums over soils
sands
sowd
stresses
and seas

gunbeat
my memory fleeing
desaturation
my colourless meat
mind down
a hasty retreat
coma tones
my last retreat
failing the game
and foul on my feet

but then spoiled warmth floods back
and my sponge reforms
damaged
but resoaked
current again



© Jon Thenes 2011
neth jones Nov 2015
i like you much-plenty
we're 'sitting in a tree'
i lift you touch-gently
(this confuses me greatly)
so i prise open your eyes
and i find you glass-empty
i find you with
no soul at all






© Jon Thenes 2005

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