GYPSY BLOOD You must have gypsy blood- The way you sing that song And toss back your hair- The way your body swirls To the pounding throb Of the gypsy drums And the violin… You catch the fiddler’s eye In the candle’s gleam As you take three steps back Into shadowland- As the voices...
Category: Poems
POEM: The Whiteness Of The Whale
Ahab’s leg was ripped away, His manhood ruptured by the rage Of an elemental force of nature, Uncaged Snow-blinded by an icy shadow That slowly terrorised the sky An all embracing whiteness fell Upon his eyes The light of God departed And Ahab stood alone, The sun dropped into the ocean Like a stone Day...
POEM: Andy and Marilyn
andy and marilyn were made for each other: he dressed her, bedecked her in her funeral flowers- he was a weed, she was a doll, in his hands the imprint of her smile, stolen from the mona lisa- across her mouth a smudged, blood-red gash he loved her, he wanted her, so he fed...
POEM: Transfusion
The bodies lie Helpless In democratic rows As the switches Are thrown One by one And the blood flows A million silent mouse clicks Making an aggregate, A figure to weigh in calculation. Today it is down Against pork rinds and frozen steaks The price of the blood, Is fixed on invisible scales, It...
POEM: John Wayne In Heaven
Ol’ Glory is a-flyin’ now In that breeze that never ceases, My heart it fairly bursts with pride As the heavenly wind increases The stars and stripes are way up high, Over Macdonalds and The 7-11, Things have really gotten goin’ Since we invaded heaven Long ago it all got written down In...
POEM: Even The Doctors Cried
Even the doctors cried, they said. Even the doctors, their emotions Cauterised by having to deal With endless Lines of hopeless cases, Even the doctors, With their dead eyes And blank expressions, Kalashnikovs slung over their shoulders, To stop the gangs of hungry looters Coming to the hospital to steal The food from the...
POEM: Great White Whale
The founding fathers of America Are now preparing to set sail, Lining up behind Captain Ahab, On a quest for the Great White Whale… The Fathers dream of a pristine world, Cleansed of sin by fiery breath… All those possessed by impure thoughts Allowed a swift and precise death. But those who oppose the...
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