Cherry blossom on the hanging tree
My body hangs independently
My eyes wide, my neck snapped
At least the audience clapped
As I hung
As I swung
At the party
Round the hanging tree
Tag: poem
Ear Infection – 1st June 1986
Ears full of wax
The most incredible pain
Feels like something
Trying to leave your brain
Earache keeps you awake
Earache was your mistake
You didn’t clean them out
Do I have to shout?
Two For Tea – 31st May 1986
Lay the table
Pour some wine
Eat some food
Pass the time
In the garden
Table and chairs
Smell the scent
Of country airs
A pigeon shat in my drink
Tea inside tomorrow, I think
War With Toys – 25th May 1986
March toward your enemy
Fight with heroes’ guns
Backup will support you
They’ll drop the bombs
The children giggled around the board
Because they were assured
Of victory
War with toys
War with boys
Love In Ruin – 18th May 1986
You put me on the rack
Then you started screwing
I gave you my heart
You left it in ruin
You tied me down
It was my undoing
In your chamber of delights
My love in ruin
I should’ve realised
When your love just flew in
I should’ve flown away
Before my love in ruin
Call Of The Wild – 16th May 1986
The wild is calling
Fallout is falling
The wild is beckoning
On the day of reckoning
Enola’s looking grey tonight
But little boy came through the fight
Big man wiped away the tears
That were shed for the last six years
Every man, woman and child
Succumb to the call of the wild
Exhausted – 15th May 1986
Totally wrecked
I’m sure it’s the end
Working so hard
It’ll drive me round the bend
Flipped my lid
Tired and depressed
I’m so exhausted
I think I’ll have a rest
Bob The Goat – 11th May 1986
Bestiality is the best
Animal love, fur caressed
But my love was a coat
Poor old Bob the goat
29th Sept 1986 – My coworker Stuart was maybe 5 to 10 years older than me at the time and was always very vague about his relationships eventually resorting to the line that he had a goat called Bob as his girlfriend and hence this poem. Semi-ironically he got married a couple of years later, presumably to a woman. He used to go swimming a lot to keep fit but got out of the pool one day to find his bag had been taken from the changing rooms and everything stolen from it, including his wedding photos that he had gotten printed that day and all his clothes! He had to wait for the police to arrive in just his swimming trunks.
Screaming Tinned Tomatoes From Outer Space – 6th May 1986
They came in ships
Flying through space
They came to take over
The human race
They were screaming mad
And acting bad
The film dragged on
But the humans won
Sent the tin cans running
Back to their planet
I boiled up some tomatoes
And stuffed them like a gannet
24th Mar 2024 – Submitted to RagTag Daily Prompt
Bilious – 21st April 1986
You really are full of it
The things that you say
I don’t believe a thing
Why don’t you just go away
Cos you’re full of bile
You’re so hideous
Your name is
Bullshit Bilious