I'm just a snotbag

divvy up the sandbags,

rest against the cold mud,

shit and blood and rot and rats.

skulls and chicken feathers,

hell and filth,

happy christmas.



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a lighthouse beaming

white rocks and more cold water

creak and sneeze

swollen fists

Spanish Eddie

purple turkey



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turn on the lights

dazzled and nausea

towels on the bathroom floor

radiator death

stray pube finger twitch

office party



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A FAMILY

yes a fetid interweaving of

ageing genes

wrinkled skin

and tooth decay

bad breath

food and wine

down the gullet

and out the arse

togetherness once a year



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okay I said I'd wait 'til

the cold was gone

I lied.

eat it or piss off