1984 came, went & is no more .. . ditto

1984 came, went & is no more .. . ditto

.. .

the phone rang and Ahmed spoke so kindly

if Ahmed were his name

we talk in circles

if anyone’s to blame

it is not Ahmed

Ahmed does not live here anymore

he went away

i stopped ordering any parcels

dealing with the arseholes

who clog up my line

cholesterol users and feminine abusers

the politic is strained

on our semi-island of reform

it is 1984 and we have been here

many times before

choose the air of freedom if you can

the summer of the sixties

when life was unplanned

and we all were victorious

before the autumn of regret

our awesome winter of discontent

Winston met Kid Charlemagne

our future’s were all set

beanbags and gonks

TOPO GIGIO

clap your hands and think of breezy Brighton

the rampages and nights in prison

drunk drivers, spilt semen

when young women still had hymens

and grandfathers were laid to rest

.. .

it’s all gone now

and what is left is an androgynous queue

of surfeits and forgotten promises

the decay of western values

the chaldeans and the philistines

overturned the fence

questioned the agent’s brief

Eldorado another busted cistern

of solitude and grief

where rats gain 

all the understanding

and buddhist chimes are rife

stonewall the fascist pigs

revile all religious creeps

they just create schisms

and we are all left hanging on to life

..

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I am a writer ... a beat poet who began writing poetry way back in 1966 ... 'edenbray is born ugly, wet, covered in blood, mucous & bodily functions, the effluence of my short life' ... I recently published my 1st solo Anthology - the best of 60 years writing - previously I ran my own Art Supplies Store for 40 yrs before I became a full-time writer I am a Blogger who has posted 1,000 poems - available in 24 themed booklets ... please ask for details + leave a 'like' or a comment for my encouragement, thank you so much for listening - I truly value your opinion on my work ~ in fact I literally survive on your creative input ~ edenbray
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