Sunday, November 06, 2005

FLY

(04.08.97)

Die
Fly
Die

MUSHROOM

(21.10.95)

The sheep gamble about, oblivious to a man sitting, watching, concentrating on the spectacle before him. The reds, blues, whites, all converging, the sheep becoming bloated and largely abnormal. Where is the hillside? All the man can see is sheep. Sheep every-fucking-where. One bursts, and a baby screams, piercing his head. Covering his ears he notices large metal poles protruding from his elbows. As he stares, they join together and draw his elbows closer to each other until they too join together. The large sheep are now staring at him. Are they all laughing at him? An evil manifestation mocks him as it swirls lazily around before him, destroying his head with unearthly noises. What is happening?

Sheep. Sheep. Sheep.

"Oh Lord, save me!" whispers the man, as the sheep start bouncing around and exploding. Pain shoots throughout his body, and now all is blank. He is unable to think.

Saturday, November 05, 2005

HILLSBOROUGH

(06.12.96)

Joyous;
At getting tickets
For the team in red

Expectant;
As they enter the ground
Chanting and singing

Anxious;
About the growing crowd size
Still getting larger

Scared;
When it becomes harder to breathe
Being crushed against each other

Horrified;
As the person in front collapses
Getting trampled on

And

Joyous again;
As nothingness sweeps over
Void of feeling

SWAMP

(13.05.97)

The ground was not solid
The sky was not there,
So where was I?

My last memory
Was of walking,
But now
It felt
Like I was in suspended animation.

Difficult to breathe,
Slowly suffocating;
A nauseating aroma
Fills my nostrils
As I slowly float
Within inches
Of a decomposing corpse.

I begin
To understand;
I'm in a swamp,
Never to live again;
I'm in a fucking swamp!

Sunday, October 30, 2005

EVASION IS FRUITLESS

(23.04.98)

Fleeing the unseen;
Passing by the fallen,
Never looking back,
Running blindly forth;
Until captured.

THE FLOW

(24.03.98)

They don't flow
As regularly, any more;
Now, they're erratic,
As and when
When?
Who knows.

There is so much happening
All
The time,

But it's nice.

Sit and wait,
Wait
For the next flow,

As the flow will continue;
There is no stopping it,
Just moments
(Sometimes long moments)
That interrupt the flow;

Nice moments though,
(Sometimes nice long moments)
(Sometimes long nice moments)

Wait
Until
Then.

Saturday, October 22, 2005

WAR

(12.03.96)

As the snowdrops fell,
The bodies also fell;
Shot down by the unrelenting sniper fire
Buildings reduced to rubble all around
Bombs falling,
Bodies falling;

War has reared its ugly head again
Will they ever learn it never changes?
Winter is here, and everyone can feel it,
As they huddle underground;
The ground shakes
And dust falls off the ceiling
Missiles flying,
Children crying;

Up in the hills the enemy is resting
Preparing for the big push for victory.
Tomorrow becomes today
And the war rages on
... ... and on
... ... ... ... ... and on.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

BARNEY

(24.02.98)

Barney,
He was a dickhead
And
Nobody liked him

Why?
Because he looked weird;

Barney,
He wasn't hated
They
Just didn't like him

Why?
Because he looked weird;

Barney,
He tried his best
But
People didn't notice

Why?
Because he looked weird;

Barney,
He killed himself
And
No one cared

Why?
Because he looked weird.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

CONFESSION

(19.09.95)

The priest walked along the deserted sidewalk, quietly humming to himself as he reflected on the confession a woman had just told him about in great detail. The more he thought about it, the more he wished he hadn't been on duty during the morning. Too late now though, he'd heard all about her depraved exploits. Those poor poor kids, their eyes showing intense distress as they were sexually abused, before being dismembered limb by limb, bit by bit. What a world we live in, he thought to himself, what a world. Father Jacob paused for a moment, then continued; the voice, he was sure he recognised the woman’s thinly disguised voice, but he couldn't quite narrow it down and put a face to it. Thirty seven children between the ages of four and fourteen, wiped off the face of this Earth, their empty shells dumped or pieces kept in freezers in the basement of a local home. Her voice. She said she didn't regret it, she just needed to tell somebody. Who was she?

When he reached his home, he lit a cigarette and sat on the steps thinking over those words he'd heard earlier, finding it amazing how someone could be so twisted to carry out such horrific atrocities. Stubbing out his cigarette, Father Jacob decided he needed a stiff drink, so he rose and entered his home.

Sitting at the far end of the room was a person, sitting facing towards him. As he drew closer he noticed it was a woman, and he uttered a gasp of surprise as he noticed that sitting before him was his sister, whom he had never seen or heard from for over twenty years.

He made some drinks and caught up on the old times. But every time she spoke, her voice seemed uncannily familiar. No, it couldn't be; he decided it was just a coincidence.

However, as the night grew on, she became more drunk, and subsequently more forthright. He was ready to retire for the night, when he asked what she was actually doing in town after all these years, to which she answered; "I thought I'd come and see my brother and tell him what I'd been up to recently!" He encouraged her to continue, but she said that she'd already confessed.

APPLE STORM

(19.09.95)

Slipping, falling, dropping
From my grasp
The apple spills
Jeremy shouts to the customers
Heat everywhere
Getting misty
Getting hazy
Where are all the seats?
The floor collapses

The apple spills
Everywhere there are screams
People are dropping like flies
What is happening?
The ground is covered in apples
From the sky
They keep on falling
Never has this happened before
Why is it happening?
Apples fucking apples.

Monday, October 10, 2005

BILE

(02.08.97)

Ripped up
Thrust forth
Ejected from within;
To cover whatever may lie,
In it's path.

Smell astounds,
Sight appals;
And the taste
Is just fucking awful.

Sunday, October 09, 2005

CHURN

(14.06.98)

Churn !
Churn, churn, churn!

That's all I did
every fucking day
of every fucking week.

Why?
Why wouldn't they let me do anything else?

I have abilities!
I can do better than churn!

Saturday, October 08, 2005

JIM

(06.11.98)

He was eventually caught,
But it wasn't his fault;
He was only executing what he'd been taught.

For his crimes, he was shot
Straight through the head,
At night, in a disused car lot.

His life was taken away from him;
As a result
Of being named Jim.

DECIDEDLY DODGY

(25.03.97)

Brandishing a long knife
She lunged at me
Thrusting forward
Severing my flesh.

I screamed
As blood poured from my wound
Staining the carpet
Forming a pool.

Yet she did not relent
Again and again
Plunging forth
Puncturing my organs.

Collapsed in a heap
Struggling for breath
As blankness arrives
With the comfort of death.