4x4=16

Young fathers heave paunches

occasionally behind the airbag,

ear slugs dug in.

I-pods bursting with pop,

with fifty favourite rock tunes,

or the ASDA collection of country music.

Baby basket first, then dogs are lifted

upon reflexive arms-precious cargo

bound for the hold.

Then there are the groceries, filling the hull.

Little blonde-licked boys in blue football strip

Slip into black and chrome S.U.V.s,

With tiny heads, they rule from on high

strapped into bucket thrones.

In four by four carriage they turn slightly to stare

through smoked glass.

Finally, they are disgorged protesting

at pre-school.

In the Bull Ring

In the Bull Ring


'...and then' you tell me,

thinking on your feet.

Sometimes you lean back lightly..

pull yourself up to your Gazelle height

or sidestep a little to focus on me.

Sometimes you thrust elegant hands,

...exquisite hands

deep into trouser pockets

( ...as I ache)

turning them, flashing them

fisted at me...

drawing them out,

plunging them in again

playfully as your head tilts

and you almost grin...

(...as i ache.)

Sometimes you raise your brows

fleetingly, fixing me with your gaze,

eyes flickering over my face

searching me for details...

( ...as I ache.)


Sometimes we stagger

in laughter together

through the Bull Ring,

aching...

desire and hysteria

filling our eyes,

blooming our cheeks

as we burst absurdities.

Or lustful we wind

animal bodies together

...aching.

Hirst haiku

Cult 'artist' businessman Damien Hirst is about to sell off his own silver, namely everything he has ever made (or had made for him- he employs an army of functionaries to do the work for him!). The sale, expected to raise tens of millions will take place at Sotheby's next week.

He's even selling something he has 'stolen' from Durham Cathedral, a reproduction of the Rose Window. The works, with such pretentious names as 'Anatomy of an Angel'- a cast of an angel in white in which we get to see her partially exposed innards, 'The Incredible Journey'- a zebra in formaldehyde, 'The Kingdom'- a shark in formaldehyde, and, wait for it, 'Beautiful Helios Hysteria Intense Painting(With Extra Inner Beauty').
The sale is called 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever.' (sic!)

Beautiful Inside
His Wallet With Extra Cash;
Hirst's Heist at auction.

Still snow silence
envelopes. First deer hoof
makes a faint creaking.

Alcoholic health and safety 03.04.2008

Source: The Independent

The Home Office is funding a scheme in Southwest England to literally support and get home safely all the binge drinkers who totter home of a night and fill the casualty wards by offering, at a cost to the taxpayer of £30,000 free flip-flops, rape alarms, free condoms etc. Extra doormen with breathalysers are also to be recruited there .

Going soft on drunks?!
Home Office is flip-flopping
on drink-curbing spends.