I once wrote a
throwaway poem.
Fucked if I know
where I put it.

When I looked in the mirror,
seeing no-one, I realised I was
totally alone.

This is a dumb joke
in a
meaningless serial.
Do we laugh?

The madman at the
bus stop
used to scare me –
until the day
I drove
rather carelessly
to work

At one point in
Childhood, I
was asked
why I could’t be nice?”

And, after
refelction for
half a lifetime
I find that I still
can’t answer.

Amended 11 January 2003

Last night I saw a
ghost,
but,
I don’t think it
saw me

I’m looking out of the
window
and I see you
your shitty little life
your insignificant
family, and
your belief
that you’ve
really achieved
something

Amended 29 April 2001

Is this
repetition?
I don’t
know.
Perhaps
you
could tell
me.

They blew up the
tower block in
January.
I remember
I was there.

I think they said
it was to remove the
housing problem. That
could be why they
didn’t
get the people
out first.

Amended 10 April 1997

Some people
have a cat, but
tonight
I put the
rubbish out.