"Please forgive me for stressing you with my predicaments

I am Mrs. Elizabeth Edward, 63 years,
from USA, and I am suffering from a long time cancer
and from all indication my condition is really bad
and deteriorating
as my doctors have confirmed and courageously

Advised me that I may not live beyond two months
from now for the reason that my tumor
has reached a critical stage which
has defiled all forms of medical treatment

As a matter of fact, registered nurse by profession
while my husband was dealing on Gold Dust and Gold Bars
till his sudden death, then I took over his business till date.

In fact, at this moment I and my late husband
have a deposit sum of ($5.000.000.00 US)
five million dollars with one of the leading bank.

But unfortunately
I cannot visit the bank
since I’m critically sick
and powerless
to do anything myself but my bank account officer advised me
to assign any of my trustworthy relative,
friends or partner with authorization letter
to stand as the recipient of i and my late husband
funds but sorrowfully I don’t have any reliable relative
and no child.

I want you to know there are no risk involved,
it is 100% hitch free & safe. If you will be interesting
to assist in getting this fund into your account
for charity project to fulfill my promise
before anything happens to me, please
let me know immediately. Therefore,
I want you to receive the money and take 50%
to take care of yourself and family while 50%
should be use basically on humanitarian purposes
mostly to orphanages home

Motherless babies home, less privileged
and disable citizens and widows around the world

And as soon as I receive your respond
I shall send you the full details with my pictures,
banking records and with full contacts of
my banking institution to communicate them on the transaction.

You can only get me through by my private email
As i wait for your urgent reply

Hope to hear from you soon
Best Regards
Mrs. Elizabeth Edward"

Poptimism

You're only a week away
from healing

EMDR, MDMA
Lawson's egg sandwich

Meet the magical shining one
on a moonlit path

Or schedule session
with succubus

DBT, RICE
go and see your friends down under

Steroids and sunlight
hydration electrolytes

Take baby steps
to the moon and back

You're only ever
a week away

07083, 1988

Jake was all guys we're inviting everyone
we want them to know you're our special guests
and if we can't celebrate our English friends
what's the point of living
in this New Jersey shithole
or anything really, of course
most of them wont come cos we're too far
out

But they came, many of them came and
nine out of ten were dudes, guys but
whatever Let's play the Smiths that's what
you guys like right, we just want to
make you feel welcome 

QUARTERS

This is the life you like this life
Do you know the Queen I'm just kidding
Football soccer pavement sidewalk
You're gonna see your girl in DC

SLAMMERS

Martha was so kind to me
leant me a Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt
I never wanted to take off

Something and something

A mournful air
approaches down the car
a gentle harmonica refrain redolent
of Larry Adler (one
for the teenagers) here
he comes now; sparse of hair
lean and unhoused
occasional hopeful stops
with a  proffered cap (trad arr)
do you know Midnight Cowboy?

Next day different train
here comes another one
'Excuse me ladies and gentlemen... '
now I can't get over his height
and it doesn't seem right for
a young and on the face of it
athletic 6'5" guy to be begging
I must interrogate my prejudices

And here something something
about the times we live in

Wednesday Morning 1940

Twirly
say what
too early

What's that hum
a hovering, pitch drone
like one of those red 55s
louder now, peek
through nets - a heli
right o/s my window
at least 15% awake

pll bck, n tme fr vwls
fk thy wnt frm m

Suddenly wide awow
we're not walking hand in hand by the river any more
I promised to send you the picnic pictures
will there be a knock on the door
yes there's the knock on the door

Those kids the
garage kids who're
always squawking
now it's just jim jam
what does that-

The knocks on the door fade
the kids louder fainter yim yam

The fog recedes, I'm up to 40%
VITAM MORTIUS REDDO

Come on man
chant them down
babylon chase them
ancient ones away

Bandages we've known

 I couldn't say I wasn't warned

'I did warn you' she liked to say
with a caveat emptor shrug

Not to stand too close to the fire
least of all to dive headfirst
into the flames

But the time comes in a man's life
when he has a choice to make

Enjoy the fireworks at a safe distance
or douse himself in alcohol and
run around with a burning
rag yelling

'This is what I've been waiting for'

Cleanup Crew

Back in the old rat catching days
we'd pop their heads with our lead shots
send the robodogs out later
bonus payout for every thousand tails

Each busted melon a satisfying pop
each final squeal a delight
a giddy rush of gunfire and mayhem

Not all of us born to it
the dropout rate was high
but I never felt higher
than when the first signal was given

We'd sit around the oil barrels burning
sucking on the rations
faces a fetching blend
of sweat, smoke and juice

Never had much to say but
we knew in our hearts our team was on
the right side of history