Autumn Almanac
Dancehall days are here again
Couch potatoes go to seed
In front of Goggle boxes
Outside equinox well
…Equinoxes
You can strictly stick Strictly
Come Dancing up your sad arse
Farce repeats as history
In
…Paradoxes
Dancehall days are here again
Couch potatoes go to seed
In front of Goggle boxes
Outside equinox well
…Equinoxes
You can strictly stick Strictly
Come Dancing up your sad arse
Farce repeats as history
In
…Paradoxes
…
from
mighty oak trees
brittle acorns
drip
…
Day began in dark
at five with roll-ups
and reheated coffee
radio news of butcher birds,
seasonal badger culls,
the lighting of a candle
forgotten prayers
sea weather prophecies
~
The light of day found
me playing pinball
biding time for the right
moment to unload
before hard labour
breaking feet in smokey rooms
lurching haplessly
between ashtray and crucible