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i think may write a few more poems

i (might) have a few more things to say

but the exact what of it eludes me for now

so i won’t commit to that this way

i’m inclined to believe i will do it

so i'm gonna give it a shot

i know i got it in me

it’s just matter of what

i’m prepared to let out or not

it's all dependent on the words and time

a bit of both of yours and mine

it may or may not be dependent on rhyme

relax

and we'll pretend everything is fine

i am gonna hop like a rabbit

on a double shot flat white

from one rambling topic to another

random and erratic all in one

pointing at everything except me

looking everywhere except inside

and all with a polite disdainful adherence to nothing

in

particular…

i can Houdini some of my bullshit

but i can’t escape my nonsense

so i shall bring it screaming and kicking to the page

i’ve got a head full of recalcitrant riddles

and a gut full of impotent rage

literary leaks and semi soliloquised squirts

but no attention grabbing middles

i got endings i got beginnings

and weak plot sustaining dribbles

i got water themes and broken dreams

dungeon wails and silent screams

a funny little squint, belly button lint

not being rude i’m just a dude in a mood

not being obtuse just a goose getting loose

a ripple of ruptured reality

whispers of illusional duality

bathing in a barren banality

seeking to stave off finality

cursory cryptic self-reflection

sleight of hand misdirection

cloudy shrouded introspection

a Lucy van Pelt type intervention

putting on the dead weight

i thought i tried to throw away

finding another empty space

and putting it into play

floundering in a sea of words

not knowing what to say

agonising over petty choices

fine fuel for a fiery fray

wishing i’d knew now

what i thought i knew when

i don’t know what i didn’t need to know

not now, not ever; not then

food for thought?

Chicken Parma, Chips and a Salad

new for old?

it’s a myth, doesn’t happen

tit for tat?

not real sure about that

no Panamanian schooners

no chalet in the alps

i don't even like snow

nah,

not one bit