FEWER

No means to say
Opinion Polls ask fewer what
Populace alarmed
Questioning draws deeper blank
Inquiring minds bore deep to know

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BUTTER

Gold slices on golden knife,
Hitched there for short ride
In Kristie's kitchen -
Just enough for each side.
Curls of butter wait.

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one-legged woman
hops by a hole in the wall
Beirut bombed again

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PRESENTS

children's wristwatches
sold with Father Christmas tags
December on hand

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A GIANT SANTA

A giant Santa
with eyes this way and that
and pointing finger,
scaring children
who only come to play.

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SOULLESS, THE BUILDING

Soulless, the building
of a hundred floors
looked out over the river

Sharpe, the builder
regarded his creation
restlessly

He wished he could
give it soul
as he looked up from the Thames

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A PORTRAIT

painting a portrait
in the upper end of town
the lower end can wait

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ROCKY

a broken fan
flies stopping there
Rocky pauses soon 

heat is rising
Rocky's nerves are suffering
time to mend the fan

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SUGARED MOMENTS

Yesterday is sour puss,
And tomorrow's a cloud,
So enjoy the sugared moments
Of an only today.

Last week is where is she?
And next week is all wet.
Enjoy the sugared moments
Of an only today.

Last month is dead pussy
And next year's a drag.
Enjoy the sugared moments
Of an only today.

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GINGER ROAD

Ginger Road is all about with mud.
It goes far into the distance
up to the sign of a cart -
a broken sign, destroyed,
but something to see;
It's tangible
and welcome
in this
land.

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BELA BARTOK

Bela Bartok
If you like him you don't rock
His bust is in New York
But it is not exactly 'talk'

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PAPER AEROPLANES

in the peachtree street
paper aeroplanes are flying
ain't that enough for you?

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