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
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