ROUGHLY SPEAKING

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poem, poetry, Universe, love, quantum, gravity

ROUGHLY SPEAKING

the Universe is
a saucer

the Universe
is a jug

so pour it out
all that
electromagnetic energy
quantum gravity

and whilst tuning in
rush over here, all Sapir-Whorf
in the elasticity of your syntax

ultimately binary
opposition turned attractor

enfold me
in your system and
give me

a hug

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THE LOOK

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art, Dali, Fashion, Jackson Pollock, love, Miro, Picasso, poem, poetry, Tattoos

THE LOOK

Mr Jackson Pollock
dripped paint
on my shoes

Joan Miro
did my tattoos

Dali
cut my hair

Picasso
tailored my suit

you got
to
spend
some

of your
life with me

who better
got the look?

POEM FOR R. K.

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Aging, Desert, Ending, loss, love, Ocean, poem, poetry, sea, transformation

POEM FOR R. K.

I dreamed of
cavorting with you
in the ocean

becoming dolphins,
becoming seals

but my poem said:
I am poem you
are not poem

look around you: stones and
sand, this is
the final
act

the desert of your life

accept how
it is
accept who
you are

that the Sun
has consumed up
in its fire

JUST

Tags

erotic, love, poem, poetry

JUST

we just made love
and you whisper into my ear
everything

loves
likes
fears

entire history of your childhood

I listen
listen

hear it all
let it soak in
like a sponge

RAW COCA ACROSTIC

Tags

acrostic, drugs, female, love, poem, poetry, sexual symbolism

RAW COCA ACROSTIC
“love is the drug”
(Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music)

Raw coca leaves you are
Ecstasy and crystal meth
Find you, feel you taking over
Injecting you direct my absolute drug
Left me still short the desired overdose
What else to try, time so short?
Escape, not an option

Killing me slowly
Give me your best shot fast
Absolutely dying for your fix to fill me
Before the chills come, cold turkey cold
Every touch you give
Leaves me deeper longing
Extreme the dream of release
Naked before the world
Grateful for what you gave

THIN

Tags

comic, ironical, love, poem, poetry

THIN

have so
much of it
to give

but the
whole world needs
wants demands

so, I’m spread
so very thin.

IN MY DEFENCE

Tags

Chess, loss, love, poem, poetry

IN MY DEFENCE

chess is the game
of lost possibilities

it takes
the great engines of chess logic
just a fraction of a second
to point your missed-
move ignominies out

in all their monochrome,
black and white glory

white queen
black queen

there were games
there

lost in the endgame
lost in the opening

games where
when she flounced
across the board
in her vaunted power

I thought: at last, at last,
here is one who
will crack

tyrannies of risk-aversion
faith in closed defence

SNAKES LOVE CHESS

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Chess, loss, Lost, love, play, poem, poetry, possibilities, snakes

SNAKES
LOVE CHESS

snakes love
chess

perhaps it’s the
logic of
pattern

perhaps it’s the
venomous
elegance

no piece attempting
to duck a
reptile

ascend a
ladder

just chip away
with tiny lightning

until the
flag is dropped
King

carried off
in a box

UNTIL

Tags

Desire, love, poem, poetry

UNTIL

I want, need,
a kiss from you
big as
a circus tent

a real big as kiss, and
need, want
to live
in you

without paying
any rent

every evening get crazy drunk
drinking live distilled

want to love, love, love
you tell me when, deal
with all the untils

DANCE IN THE RAIN

Tags

Dance, loss, love, memory, poem, poetry, rain, remembrance

DANCE IN THE RAIN

I danced
in the rain

did not
dissolve

danced
in the rain
after a fashion

my joints groaning, creaking
and yet I kept going
and yet I went
on and on

knowing this dance was
a tribute to your glory, homage
to your beauty

my little tribute, meant
to honour you, preserve
your memory, let
the world
not forget.