On Grounds of Unreasonable Behaviour

Good Evening poetry! I'd like to start by saying;

1. I don't understand yawning

 2. 

I find your facial features odd

I find the way you smile unnerving.

Did you star as General Zod?

You grew up in Britain right? Was it Worthing?

Now hold up, STOP! Rewind a tick,

You were Zod in Donner's Superman flick?

But now you're voicing Kal-Els dad...

You must have a fucking rad agent. Rad.

Terence ______, Terence ________,

You're Britain's favourite white skinned champ.

Terence ______, Terence ________,

I watched you in the Limey....(spoken) and it was a big cinema screen yeah?

Terence ______, Terence ________,

In Priscilla you acted camp

Terence ______, Terence ________,

You weren't in Heroes though...(spoken) that was Malcom McDowell...you look like him though

I've written a movie just for you,

It's set in space and you're a Jew

There's allusions to the Holocaust

But with special effects and Sci-Fi and shit – it's like Starship Troopers but the shower scenes are a bit different...

Terence ______, Terence ________,

Your teenage wife you did lamp.

Terence ______, Terence ________,

You cradle snatcher you!

Terence ______, Terence ________,

The Madding Crowd was utter wank,

Terence ______, Terence ________,

Alien Jews in space...with explosions.....CALL ME.

The Tale of Chris Crink

A Play in Two Halves

Players:
Chris Crink - A Down & Out Voiceover Artist for Art Garfunkel (Blue)
Chris Crink's Conscience - The Conscience of a Down & Out Voiceover Artist for Art Garfunkel (Red)

Bartering became my life.


It was a quick day and my borrowed sow was opening all manner of doors for me. Am I ready thought Chris. Lunch ensconced itself to mid afternoon and I thought about ending it all but soon realised that in fact I felt quite remarkable and life was smashing. Give it time Chris wait for the right moment!
A brief mapping of my surrounding areas proved useful even going so far as to remind me of what orienteering was and how much I hated compasses. That's it Chris remember how shit they are. So we were making progress but still the blue skies smiled above me. I wandered about a bit checking out the similarities with myself and the daily routine of Clint Eastwood in the 80's. Clint Eastwood rhymes with your name Chris, don't you remember? If that's coincidence then we're all in a pickle.
So the man with no name and me. Blood brothers separated at birth hey? Now we're getting somewhere. I marveled at the warm postcards and the market stalls selling shoe wax and Red Edit. There was a time I'd have paid for all of it, money was no object. I still had loads of open cash and fresh credit, it would have been so simple. Put your money away Chris, you're a cowboy now. No saddle up show guy or dress down friday is going to help. You can get these things easier by offering lower prices. Go on give it a go...
10 quid for the wax you bastard! 10 quid is all i'll pay.
No Chris that's too forceful, you want him to barter. Say it meekly and try and pout your face.
Would you accept £10 sir. I wonder what price you had in mind?
Go Chris you little dream. You stand out like a sore index finger. You are the Superman. You can buy this whole market for whatever price you desire. This is how the Unforgiven climax. Show them all you've got Chris, be the waiting 'Yes' on their lips. Be the smattering of guys. Be the empty breathing. Be my run away globe.
One pound sir that's my final offer.


Bartering became my life. Tell him I hate him.

Cold War Cook

He started the tape again.
Why was the voice playing back so coquettish yet dictating a recipe from behind the Iron Curtain. Sure, we all know now that there are genius' around the world who somehow intrinsically chance upon a new discovery at the exact same point in time in different corners of the globe... but seriously a Lebanese chef in 1950's Russia creating a smorgasbord of culinary treats made from the most tropical of foods. He still shudders at the inherent beauty of  unsolved mysteries.
He paused the tape to listen to the last sentence again. Stop. Rewind. Stop. Play
"Sauté the breadfruit and cane sugar with the rice" cooed the savant queen of the kitchen, "and ensure the sweet-potato dauphinois is simmering gently". Sweet potato dauphinois? That's a luxury even today in 21st Century Avalon, how can this cold war cook be describing such delicacies when her situation warrants no more than stale bread and gruel on rations. A noise at the far end of the library made him start, the 3 men approaching looked suitably unpleasant and of military stock. His hand moved swiftly to his bag searching for the last remnants of Chew-Me-Happy™ but to no avail, he'd used the last of it to escape the Head-Librarian. DAMN! As the 3 brutes flanked him and he removed the aural-implants he felt a pang of longing for sound of the tape but the hands around his neck woke him from his daydream.
"Hello chaps, what can i do for you? I was jus....." SNAP!
The spools of the tape spun idly until the last remnants of magnetic matter passed over the head. The hypnotic recipes ceased.

The Level - A Small Patch of Grass in Brighton

I chose a spot on that fair patch of tended turf,
I wanted to meet the people I would love in the future.
I sat each day upon that spot and mingled vehemently,
I wanted to pick and choose my new friends and lovers.

This is Bright Town.
This is my town.

On the first day nobody spoke to me, I was a ghost in my own dream.
On the second day I was noticed by a homeless man, he wanted cash not love.
On the third day I rose from the grave and a woman named Mary asked if I was OK,
She treated me like a King not a friend. She was from Barnados.
On the fourth day I fraternised with a young girl who’d been taking drugs, I’m not picky.
She said she’d been out all night and had just taken some acid… her watch said 10am.
I asked her if she’d like to talk a while but she just watched me intently, dead eyes.
I tried to be her friend but she left to return home and watch ‘The Colour Purple’.
I can’t help thinking this was an excuse. I would have been her friend. I’m not picky.
On the fifth day I fucked up.
On the sixth day some students sat skulking, singing shit Soca songs, swilling cider & shunning me. I wanted the girl with auburn hair. She would have been my wife.

These are my friends, why do they ignore me?
These are my lovers, why don’t they love me?

I still sit on my same spot everyday; I’ll talk with anyone. Open like a book.
If I were in Bradford or Weston-Super-Mare this would not be possible.
In this town, I can sit amidst the rich, the poor and desperate with no qualms.
When passing cans of beer and fags I’ve held hands and caressed palms.
I am a shadow; only those who matter to me will notice me.
I am a monument, a fixed space in this city where everyone will recognise me.
I am a friend, my lips and ears trained only to please those who take a chance on me.
I am here. I am here.

I chose a spot on this fair patch of tended turf,
Just far enough away from the skate ramp to provide some mystery.
I sat upon that spot each day and encroached vehemently,
I still want to pick and choose my new friends and lovers.
I wait for the people who will populate my life in years to come.
I wait for the people who will mourn me if I die.
I wait for the friends I know we will be, I wait for my dinner party guests.
I wait for the lover who will share my bed; I wait for my Romeo or my Juliet.

This is Brighton.
This is Bright Town.

Ten Little Facists

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Ten little facists went out with no spine,

One twit slipped a disc then there were nine.

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Nine little facists scurried out to hate,

One mug wore too much fake tan then there were eight.

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Eight little facists goose-stepped up to heaven,

One pratt noticed God was black then there were seven.

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Seven little facists baking brownie mix,

One nonce tried to punch the dough then there were six.

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Six little facists dancing the hand jive,

One pleb danced the cissy strut then there were five.

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Five little facists felt they were above the law,

One dunce forgot freedom of speech then there were four.

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Four little facists on a march in gay Paris,

One fool pissed on Charles de Gaulle then there were three.

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Three little facists harassing Jimmy Choo,

One prink fell for Haute-Couture then there were two.

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Two little facists bleached their hair in the sun,

One plank missed his brunette roots then there was one.

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One little facist boy left all alone,

He went out and lynched himself and then there were none…

Speak out against facism. Speak out against idiots. Make your Voice heard.

Who Am I?

I feel calm now,

An icy shield to prevent further pain.

I feel tall now,

Big enough to trample the bourgeoisie masses.

I am a socialist Godzilla

I feel tense now,

Tendons taught like trapped time, ready to snap.

I feel mad now,

Madder than a mad dog drinking seawater and liquid acid in the sun…mad as shit.

I am the offspring of a raven & a writing desk

I feel sad now,

Grief drowns me in an isolation chamber of nostalgic inadequacy.

I feel small now,

Small and insignificant enough to perform my own colonoscopy.

I am a depraved Narcissus

I feel high now,

Arms outstretched to stroke the skies of my conscious existence.

I feel clear now,

Mind stretched even further exploring universes of subconscious possibility (No riders here Mr. Rankin)

I am Lee the Agent sans addiction

I feel happy now,

A zygomatic orgasm bears my emotions to all like an overzealous stripper struggling to pay the rent.

I feel safe now,

Safe. Dull. An apathetic existence from within a greenhouse made of TV screens all playing static.

I am the Jesus of Test Card F