We have become crinoid

I couldn't pass
the hologram checksum
at the 5th, 7th and 8th
diamond-shaped window
payback for using an AI prompt
on the Broken Ship challenge

Galleons adrift, half-
cocked on the sand
lucky to be a remnant
flying the tarred and tattered
flag of Margate Robbie

Smiling fossils all, known
as Cuddy's beads, unknown
as the shell of your age

£4 coffee

and would I like to leave a tip
before its even made in the city
its alright its alright
laptop clientele plugged in
take your time its not like
legging bros occupy al
fresco seating
yes milk yes, look at
that mini cup no lid to take
away with you, and gone in two
flatwhite lukewarm sips
in the city its alright its alright

Potatoe's

We were 2 goofy fellow's on a walk
mocking the grovers apostrove
we do know where to stick it
striding forth in our welly boots

Yukking it up so far up
our stuffed bras and polo necks

Just 2 nerdy widows on a troll
chuckling about, an oxford comma
without really knowing what
day month or yeeha it was

But we did know, and will never
tell where are husband's our buried

Pre Shazam Era

A friend had made her a mix CD
but not listed any of the tracks
I thought this was an act of
criminal negligence

She suggested I put my
so-called expertise to the test
and see what we could find out

The music tbh (which means to be honest)
was a little too goth-leaning for my taste
and I only identified about one in four
tracks. We did Google a few
from the lurcs, which means lyrics

It was honestly one of the best evenings
we spent together. I was in my element

Funny Little Frog - boom!
and I think this is the
Mountain Goats

That sort of thing
I was young and innocent (42)

Errant Moon

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Thing you love to say

you do you
yeah you do you
you just do you

dont worry bout me
you do you
yeah you just do you

do you do you do you
yeah you do yeah you do
you think you do
you really think you do

you will do you
you'll do right by you
will you do right by me
or will you do right by you

Back in the day

The so-called day the ding-dong day
I don't know why I have to add that
perhaps to offset the fact that I would never genuinely
say 'back in the day' let's move on

I worked in London's vibrant Soho
and every lunchtime I'd head out to visit all
the record shops not the knocking shops
I don't know why you'd say that

And I'd work out that after rent and living expenses
caveat those were different times (Lou Reed voice)
I may be able to spend let's say max £20 a day
on records (as in vinyls if you must although
I wasn't averse to CDs and certainly in a second hand shop
a cassette could be very worthwhile VFM purchase)

Flicking through the racks
new releases, rereleases, recommendations, bargains
it was all I lived for, all I wanted

I was in my element
I was enraptured, I was
hiding out ooooooooooh
I can see that now I am
a very very mature man