the americans say braids.

*

we were somewhere by the polar bears.

in a pair.

there’s the fizzing of water & concrete

icicles which drip concrete icicles.

*

you cannot see me ~

I am gripping my brownie camera in hard plastic

which was an adventurous buy for my parents.

it will only ever take one film

of 12 shots

in its whole whole life.

is it good to hum, river?

beside the river i collect stones

who fall into the back of my car.

*

the one i can’t carry we drag

by blanket.

*

through the bramble that the council have sprayed

the tongariro is a rotary motor.

*

each day of each month

of each decade there will

be the clash of water

*

& the soothing away of stone

*

at the lowest level

will be the trout

& a zoo of anglers

*

& we will say

this year the river is down

on its luck

the sopranos

you are telling ken your shrink neighbour

who had a double hip refit last year

about the time your grandmother was gone

off the meola reef at dusk ~

& how it was march & near dark.

*

ken who has tall legs

& a liking for amplifiers

which he buys off the net

is deaf slightly.

*

oh i see he says

i believe it’s deeps out that way

& sometimes there’s the white heron

knocking about

*

when you tell him how you

swore her back to shore ~

with all the short hard words you could think of

he says you family of sopranos, you.

yeah

Yeah, well I’m not the only one in this house who watches

The Sopranos. You know – it’s a thing we just do. It’s

the way we yank over the leather couches and huddle

into our food. Probably curry. And knock back the wine.

Waiting for Tony to come onto the plasma. To the left

of the viewing area there is a Viky Garden on board.

And a Tim Wareham on about the right. Which I got

for 30 bucks when I was legal.

The couches are chocolat and scratch easy but if

necessary they can take our whole 2 bodies long ways.

Over the other side there is a music block with cds but I

do not have the Dizzy Rascal one just yet.

When Tony comes into the frame you will notice

his mood by the way he walks. Take for example

the shower scene. When he was trying out some

sawing on that dude. Who was never gonna be walking …

The scene I like best was the one with the fluffy dog.

Who did a lot of yipping. Tony’s nephew comes home

floating and sits fare n square on top of it. The dog is

mashed and then there is lots of yelling because Adriana ~

she loved that dog.

Amnesia, Lake Detox & the Great Spoilt

Cities grow on halfsites

& the radio is buried.

you want to add ~

kim hill in antarctica was It.

thanks for the blue.

batteries sit at dumps