new chapbook preview

 

Chapbook due out March '25

 

It's That Man Again (with apologies to Tommy Handley)

 

Exclusive excerpts on downwritefiction:

 

rewilding

 

Ted this land is yours

from the Bering Strait

to Europa’s gate

under your paws

 

gonna turn that clock

back to mammoth times

when them human kinds

cast the first rock

 

welcome bears that’s right

down the woods today

free to eat & play

all you can fight

 

’cept for wolves of course

coming back as well

howling dingle dell

who's for a horse

 

while we’re off to Mars

got our tickets paid

selling out on aid

trading in cars

audience participation

 

Quack will see you now

wipe your feet before

entering slight bow

eyes to the floor

 

Russian protocol

rules it’s like roulette

play the spiteful moll

see what you get

 

better flatter him

lay some goosie eggs

smile at every whim

twiddle them pegs

 

don’t prolong the time

wait until he comes

out with turpentine

flames from his thumbs

 

leave the bill with George

wash in Tony’s lounge

should be quite a wedge

flunkies might scrounge

 

 

  

arms for minerals

 

ain’t no Texas shake

down this Florida

folks a hurricane

coming your car

loaded head inland

upstate anywheres

witness take your stand

musical chairs

last one on their butt’s

gonna scoop the lot

rest of youse is out

ready or not

when it’s over babe

war I mean we drill

finders keepers cave

men get their fill

talking lebensraum

drang nach osten jive

love it when you frown

staying alive

Not again-again!