Samosa Salvation

Gripped by uncertainty I fled to India shambolic and desperate seeking light to deliver me from the dark horrors of Melbourne life. I wanted God in a hurry and India had over thirty million of them , I wasn’t greedy, one would do, as there sure as hell wasn’t one back in the jungle of […]

One for my baby, one for the road .

Whata drink said the barman Well, I want a tall glass , A touch of misery and madness, A dash of ecstasy, throw in a night mare , A travelogue of journey Some Coltrane train Some Davis blue Heavy on the Pollock Heavy on the Gogh Give me some Debbie Harry mixed with Dalai lama […]

Red moon

I hope I don’t fall in love with you bewitched by your red moon beauty Your seven thousand books you used as a bed , you spoke about Dylan Thomas & Caitlan Did you see me in dogs in space , I was the one always looking sad and lonely I couldn’t distinguish one punk […]

Red wine

Red wine pain I rest on my Gatsby My mind circling An eagle on Vulture’s Peak Friends , lovers, enemies, family Coming / going Sand sifts through fingers Granules of eternity Time + time = no time without mind The great cloud follows me Where ever I go I remember to remember The day I […]

Brother

I pounded the laundry rock As if flaying at the very essence Of my soul These clothes remain stained Where are you brother I cried , where are you now?

Anything but

The streets are lonely of people even when the streets are full of people there is emptiness , so much stuff going on, cheap rooms and cheap wine , scared old men masturbating away their fears on someone already dead , poor Marylin , I heard she wrote poetry , there was a lonely person […]

Notorious

We drank beer all day Some of us were ex monks Like X prisoners Doing time We would go haunt the Hotel down the road Play havoc with The advertising men and women Of the flying duck We were like the James gang Notorious We made sure those advertising Bastards felt shame for their Existence […]

Angel at my door

The angel was standing Against the wall outside my room With string bean skull fucked eyes I was nervously waiting For one of the sisters to Change my mattress crawling with Bugs from Madagascar to the bay of Sunday The angel of the skull Said Don’t worry Turned and went back In his room And […]