He was a Revolutionary
he had covertly mixed the odd socks
from the odd socks drawer
into the general sock population
without any one noticing…
surely this would bring down
the super structure
of the clothed society
*
The functionality of an object
is not limited to its function
an apple can be eaten
it can be used as a door
stop or it can be improvised
as a ball or a piece of
string can be tied to it
and you can hit someone
repeatedly
over the head
*
You may hear on quiet
Sunday afternoons
the shriek and screams
from a distant house
a family of middle land
balling at each
other like a chorus of
crazed hounds
*
You may hear the
lovely ned boy say
to another boy when asking
for a beer and no getting it:
‘You’re a stingy arsepiece
Ya wee prick, lucky
a don’t carve ma chib
cheeky to cheeky
giving you a big smile.
or lamp ma buckie bootle
o’er your heed…ya edjit’
*
All the homosexuals
limping down the street
sore bottoms from the other
night…all wearing pink shirts
all concerned about the shape
of their hair…all ‘hey honey’
and ‘yeah babe’ and i ask:
whose got the head up their arse?
*
A statute of Jesus
in the Church
someone has put
a lit Cigarette
between his fingers
and a bottle of Vodka
beside his feet
…there is hint of
a vague smile on his
lips…he’s coming round…