placebo

trapped
in a chatter cage
no rest of the senses
constant and sustained
noise
gets so loud and unbearable
it's so repetitive
so rat a tat a tat
the rhythm, cadence, pitch
all the same.
said many hundreds of times
but claimed to be never heard

bang my head on wall
pull at my hair
silently internally shout
back
shout back
shout
SHOUT
..
it acts as a placebo

politics

leaning left
poor childhood
working is life
blood of the worker
creates the world
money belongs to exploiters
of labour
and those who start at the bottom
have trouble
changing their head to accommodate
success in someone else's world

flat horizon

istanbul
or somewhere like that
the streets are earth
no paving here
people
not like me
not in looks anyway
pasty me
filled with white life
safe without
knowing unsafe

filed
under
a
morning
call
to
prayer

shine on you crazy diamond... christy moore

new growth from the depths

the hook

i've discovered a hook
lodged in my right hip
tucked inside the pelvic bone
radiating pain
up and down
in kidneys
stomach
liver

locking up lower back
impossible to exercise
walk

run ha!

couldnt even sleep
nurofen
that's relief
but only for a day or two

panadol
that worked
but only at first

chiro x 2
doctor x 2
chinese doctor x 1
chiro x 1

mild healing

somatic
lisa friese
suggests
something

it's diabolical
i dismiss at first thought
then i bathe in the idea
give it a mental run
lo and behold

relief

oh holy giver of neurosis
you taketh away

pain diminishes - banished by thought

leaving behind
one hell of a thought to ponder

fark!!!

seventy five thousand dollars...