STATE OF PLAY

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irony, poem, poem poetry political moral, poetry, satire, Truth

STATE OF PLAY

a God that
loves
absolute Truth
(with as
big a
capital “T”
as you
can get)

a Universe
that loves
irony

a Devil that loves
lies more
than any
politician

and me
with my
little, stupid
rhymes

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COLD COMFORT

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bale, Humanity, love, meaning, poem, poem poetry political moral, poetry, postmodern, poststructuralist

COLD COMFORT

post-truth
post-shame
post-love

the red stuff
that made us
true to
ourselves
bleached out
of our cells

the colors run
into each other
giving each other cold
comfort
as if with infection

like the spread of
a virus

gross parody, mimicry
of love
(making
the rehearsed
moves
but
no
conviction

unless conviction is a
box to
contain

drum to
be beaten

sky to fill
with abysmal cloud

LUCKY

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fake news, journalism, poem, poem poetry political moral, poetry, post-truth, protest, satire, Truth

LUCKY

lucky if you are
journalist
arrested for
real
fake news

pain will eventually subside
from stinging rap on wrist
(whole thing a
bit surreal, even
humorous

but journalist
arrested for
the truth
not fare so
well

made to disappear
like the truth

IF THEY SAY

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Chess, conflict, hypocrisy, meaning, poem, poetry, Truth

IF THEY SAY

If they
say they are
they aren’t

if they say
they did
they didn’t

you thought it
was exposition
but it was
outright
fiction

subtext, manouvre,
a play that leads
to discovered check

you thinking the game
in your total grasp

OVERLOOKED

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Beauty, hypocrisy, poem, poetry, Reader, satire, Truth

OVERLOOKED

poetry is wank
poetry is hypocrisy

godlike poet
think he got a
direct connection

conduit to
pour his truth down
pipeline
into your heart

think it
Heaven

think it
golden

think it 100% free of
sugar substitute
think it
entirely devoid
of narcissism

think it speaking to
your soul like
a wind chimes, like

something soft and ephemeral
yet needing a great apologia

big, heavy words
to rally to its defence

yep, poetry not
everything it
cut out to be

and the
beauty you thought the world
had to had, had to
be brought to believe

so far
unwritten

or somewhere
we all just
overlooked

FAKE

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fake, falsehood, poem, poetry, Truth

FAKE

this poem
is fake

for purpose
unfit

misses
all the benchmarks

if mirror
it must hold up

that mirror
is cracked

shards, splinters
glittering in the street

look at your reflection
in those fragments
know this
no text
message
no
selfie straight
from photoshop

this the distorted image
that speaks itself

ancient,
long-dead art

TRUE TRUE

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ironical, irony, poem, poetry, satire, Truth

TRUE TRUE

The Truth
will set you
free

eventually
but before that
it is going You
mercilessly

kick
the shit out of you
on the way down.

READING CHANTAL MOUFFE

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discourse, philosophy, poetry, post-structuralist, postmodern Chantal Mouffe, satire, Sexual, Truth

READING
CHANTAL
MOUFFE

love is
never the
answer

for what
would be
the question?

to question is to
invite
conundrum, problem
deconstruction, negation,

stuff that you are reading
in this book edited
by Chantal Mouffe

under the covers
your

body naked

for me
that says enough
about love’s truth

‘STRUE BRU

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poem, poetry, South African, Truth

‘STRUE BRU*

poetry always
allows me
to be
true
to myself

by which I mean
my other self

the poet that
uses me
like his
ventriloquist’s dummy

‘strue bru: South African slang meaning “I kid you not” (It’s true brother)

MIRROR MIRROR

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poem, poetry, power

MIRROR MIRROR

fake news
is the news

behind the mirror
which is
why we
need more
mirror

mirrors mirroring
mirrors and

then nothing can be
mirrored that is not
mirroring itself