Wednesday 17 October 2012
Underground
Should I Tell You?
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Written Photograph
He is cherub faced if such a cherub were amid the whirlpool of puberty. Blotches of scarlet appear around his oily temples and chin where acne molehills seem ready to erupt at any second. A faint shadow is busily rooting itself above the upper lip, destined to grow darker and denser in the coming years.
Despite it being a few sizes too big, he wears his t-shirt with apparent honour. This black garment demonstrates his allegiance to some Scandinavian metal band or other. It also makes his skin appear paler and pastier. His gawky frame hangs loosely from his shoulders as a bathrobe does from a hanger. His legs stretch out awkwardly underneath the table, right foot now tapping away idly. A hand leaves the book and reflexively flicks away the silky strands on his brow. He shifts himself into a more comfortable position, angling his body and resting his head on his hand.
Thursday 28 June 2012
Camels & Needles
camels and needles
Because lately you've been squandering
the wealth of a king
So to cure my insecurity
I hang out in cathedrals
That dwarf your stately villas
and shroud you in sin
I sure as hell need mine
Is it too much to ask
for a soul to console?
If the good life is yours
can't eternity be mine?
I know you'll tip the scales
Typical of you to not be satisfied
With the just forever flames
So I'll take all I can get
Even if all I can get
is a single beatitude
Thursday 8 March 2012
No Man's Man
whose neither here nor there
This gawky man-child
who is oh so debonair
This working-class Tommy
in middle-class skin
This staunch moralist
abnormally attracted to sin
This proud as punch Piscean
who sneers the horoscope
This structured traditionalist
who subscribes to post-modernist tropes
This liberal conservative
This corporeal ghost
This humble horn blower
This ill-mannered host
This Mediterranean-Saxon
This carpenter’s son
This jack of some trades
This master of none
This loyal adulterer
This cosmetic-less clown
This industrious idler
This verbal noun
This prude
This pervert
This pleb
This ponce
This pragmatic dreamer
This pacifist who taunts
If only a Knight could slay half this beast
Then maybe the remaining half could at last be complete