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  • Table Football

    I asked my daughter whether I am in an existentialist crisis She said that I am not only in an existentialist crisis but I am locked in its cell Yet the cell does not have a door nor does it have walls There is not a key although I imagine that there is a key […]

  • Watching the Satellites

    Quite often I sit at my window watching the passing satellites come and go And then I return to my bed and wonder that if I was dead Would I be orbiting the earth in one of the satellites Or would I be writing rather quaint poems And struggling to to rhyme Come and go […]

  • Fabulous Michael and the Sour Winds of Tanganyika

    Fabulous Michael walked me down to aisle of the day of my wedding My father was unable to do this as he was walking down the aisle with his next wife But my mother was in attendance as were my sisters cousins uncles and aunts I had always admired Fabulous Michael as I knew that […]

  • Betty Blue and Superman Came to my Party

    On the day that Betty Blue turned green Superman came to my party My mother rang me in the evening As she always did when I held a party But we could not hear each other As the music was too loud Laurie Anderson was on the television Singing O Superman Which moved the superhero […]

  • The Hot Snail and The Fly

    I climax too quickly said the hot snail to the fly It is so anti-social and does untold damage to carpets Well if you think that you have a problem then think about me I spend most of my day exploring shit and spend a fortune on shoes  

  • Floating in a Vacuum

    On Margate Sands I can connect Nothing with nothing    I know these lines well As I too am Floating in a vacuum

  • Balatonszarszo

    A Poet Died In Balatonszarszo Today He was killed By a starting Train    

  • Red Coffee

    Yolanda sat in a coffee bar Drinking Red Coffee She was in Paris But was thinking of Rome

  • Blue Coffee

    Yolanda sat in a coffee bar Drinking Blue Coffee She was in Rome But was thinking of Paris

  • You Touched Me in a Wine Bar

    Yolanda’s favourite movie was Betty Blue and she styled her raven hair in the manner of Betty Yolanda however was a calm person who gave the impression of thinking deeply Yolanda’s favourite movie was La Vie d’Adele which she thought had been misinterpreted on its release Yolanda’s favourite colour was red and she especially liked […]