Bubble rides a wave,
Raindrop falls through the dark.
Uniquely precious,
Endlessly repeating.
One whole lifetime spent;
A single languid wink.
Paradox Surrounding Contradiction Enclosing Bags of Meat
Wake-up 2: Morley has woken
Morley has woken,
like the first morning.
Tui has spoken,
to Morley-girl.
Praise for the Morley,
praise for the morning.
Praise for the dawning,
the breaking day.
(apologies to "Morning has broken" by Cat Stevens, Eleanor Farjeon)
Wake-up 1: Good Morning Sunshine
Good morning Sunshine,
the world down below.
You wiggle around us,
wherever you go.
You wiggle first this way,
then you wiggle that.
It's time to get up now,
and put your feet on the mat.
(apologies to "Good Morning Starshine" by Gerome Ragni, Galt Mac Dermot, James)
The Robbers Are Coming
"The robbers are coming...
The robbers are coming!"
Skulking,
About...
They stole,
My sleep
While they
Missed your,
Treasures.
Tiny fears,
Fueled.
Comforts,
Tight hugs,
Double locks,
Bolts and chains,
Window stays.
(fucking
genetics.)
My peace
Is long gone
Shattered,
Tiny Fears;
Stolen.
Haiku – Homeless Haiku
Storm wash'd seaweed hair
Ship wreck'd and now castaway
On the streets, homeless.
Merry Christmas to the New Family
As the Christmas Angels sing At this happy festive time May this hopeful New Year bring: Blessed nights, full of sleep, And kids who listen When you speak! Children who are ever smiling Once in a while, The odd weekend lie-in. Drugs for that teething pain Bringing peace To an addled brain An always happy, loving spouse All the kids asleep, In a quiet house.
Mitty, Marvin, Katie & Donut
Eila whispered to me:
"Marvin,
At my right hand.
Mitty,
To my left.
Donut,
Right beneath me.
Katie,
Left behind."
Haiku – Like an ant stuck in traffic
Car stuck in traffic
Ant crosses the median
Winning our rat race.
Haiku – Practice Death Haiku
Oh Waitemata!
A red sky wakes the city,
Dark waves storm the night.
You tedious little pause
I've extracted fossil remains
Out of rock
Held hard
Concrete evidence
That at least this
Single creature
Lived and died
65 million
Years ago.
As a geologic moment
Here you are;
Simply put -
One tiny,
Tedious pause,
Entombed in
A momentary
And meaningless
Social obligation.
The girls, the blokes, the kids
The girls
Sit and
Swap tales
Pat and stroke
Soothe and
Pluck at Stars
Marriages
Relationships
Cares and Woes.
The blokes
Drink their
Solidarity
Piling up
Bottles
And bullshit.
The kids
Jump and run
Dance
And skip
And can we
And do.
NICU Morley
"Bleeping,
Blinkin'
Kids!"
One day old,
And,
Already,
She's doing:
Harder drugs,
Hooked to
Higher tech,
Than dear, old,
Mid-life, Dad
Ever did.
Hold baby,
Hold fast now.
Opiates
And O2
Croon your
Lullabies.
Carry you through:
Archetypes,
Savannahs,
Breaking dreams.
Death haunts us
Every second,
Of every day.
We all wait,
For our time.
Your own while
Is not yet spent.
So, hold babe.
Not so fast,
Not quite yet.
Drive on
Glorious Dark Grey lid Pressed Hard down Over night Sodium Lit Tungsten- Bled Golden Silver rays Driving in Seas Soaked Rain Road and River bed Shot through Wet High speed Hard Driving Pressing Hydroplane Death (they said) Aqua Planing (Those fuckers) For twenty Years I forgot How much Fun it All is!
No we can’t
Every day,
Do one thing
That wholly
Scars
You.
Do one thing
That wholly
Scars
You.
Think
Differently.
Be beaten,
Buy,
iSaps.
S&M, felt
Through
Your mouth,
Not in
Your hand.
Feel the
Fear and
Reconsider.
Just,
Stop it.
Yo Mama
“Didn’t your
Mother ever
Tell you
That its
Mother ever
Tell you
That its
Rude to
Put your
Feet on
A chair?”
“No.”
(Of course
She did.
But I’m
Forty two
So you
Can go
Fuck !
Yourself.)
