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I am Divine
Even though I hardly disturb the shadows You know of me through the magic of my words I am Divine
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My Sad Captains
My drapes are still closed although the party ended many days ago The clothes that I wear reek of piss and sweat after my nights of excess My sad captains have returned to their sharp senses And have left me here in this room as I have abandoned mine I live from one fuck dream […]
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Baise la Republique
I had felt sick that morning and found myself in an unpleasant loo in a shopping mall where I shit freely and without reason As I looked at the door I saw evidence of recent homosexual activity which sickened me even more After an age I reached forward to the paper dispenser and found it to […]
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well
The philosopher Democritus once said Of truth we know nothing For truth is in a well But that is about to change as I saw truth Emerge naked from her well With a sharp whip in her hand Liars and actors take heed of my timely warning For […]
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King Queen Prince
Last month the Royal Family visited my small town As I was unimportant I did not meet them And spent the day in my perfumed bath When the splendour had subsided I visited the beach How fragrant I was I picked up a pebble And awoke it from its slumbers It began to speak to […]
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Anne and Daphne (Poppy Cloth)
In the multi-coloured craze room Anne and Daphne merged without protest Into the rapid patterns of the poppy cloth After the painting Sarah Rose Troughton
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Red Poppies Black Fence
I can see your withered petals The season has not been kind to you But you still retain a faded splendour Which illuminates your imaginary cell
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In the Shadow of my Church
I am reading Moby Dick in the shadow of my church Shower clouds threaten but pass over me without issue The wind is chilly for early May Great Days are promised
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The Howling City
All was silent in my room when I returned I had been shoplifting again Which is an art And I am Michelangelo I only steal high grade goods A handbag here a dress there Underwear is so easy to steal As long as you have a generous coat I look from my window at the […]
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Felix
I am walking with you along the Champs-Elysees We are both thinking of the long days and nights That we have spent together In our guest house in Place Vendome A friend from the future has told me That Paris might burn in years to come But all that burns at present Are the passions […]