Poems
CHMOD R-W-X
read
she changed mode from mod to journo!
helsinki bound
on a sleigh west of NO!
bottle-blonde furies
stalking the XY stage
shaken three-piece tour posters
all a-blur
write
lyrics in crayon lying dead in a field
frozen shut her eyebrow raised
& when
she plays
my ipod
says NO WA(VE)Y!
like sue me helsinki!
(art school’s ok
execute
showcase
tiny amounts of WWII flak -
trigger spirals morph blow waves NY!
like why WAY! when you can say
GO!
that’s what they call it LOVE
of diagrams
B.A.S.E.
building
our atoms move deeper
into the nuclear cycle
building machines
to dispense between cracks
radioactive like northern
soul or summer milk
leap from a guard rail
with leg rope
attached
antennae
mike oldfield in orbit
around some ragged sun
i read rilke as we fell
towards the waiting vans
people are fucking to our album
hunting the frozen kaleidoscope
span
inside the chaos of that frantic gig
we plucked up courage
we spread our shivering arms
extending our antennae
as we hit the air stage
earth
eclipsed by roars of album traffic morse code
what could it possibly mean
forever repeated
looking for the same elastics
kindred to ashes
She’s An Autarky
she’s a why —————– in time
soundtracks erase the shutter ————————
myths & breakage —- gossip —-
far-fetched
‘n charming ————— ‘n speeding ———–
on cooler
breathless —————– ‘n devoid
of specialist moments
waiting —– for sunset
in a dusted carpark
rustle the mongoose ———————– dinner & show
——————————– autarky ——————
shadowland —————– flushes -
in vain —————————————– the tv age
behind us
she —————– ’s an ——————————–
automobile in traffic
autumn showers ——————– summer drain
a highway
drenched in lightning
‘n bugs