stray feet lumber
shameless..
into room, stinking
desperate to
appeal
to
any beak with
a light,
each little pale stick
turns ash ‘tween
the lips of..
a blood
drained duck..
cracks licked drier
with each
suck,
down tar lungs
failing to
quit.
but Bill the duck don’t
believe in good
luck..
so, Bill don’t
need it.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
*very loosely inspired by the 1970’s ‘Howard the Duck’ comic book series
with ice in my eyes,
i round another
circuit
of..
closed off
conversations
about blandest
store shelf
topics,
when i’d rather spritz
the room with
balmy
nectars of cool
tropic..
seascapes, though
lovely as they
drift by
are the dead-end
points of all my
dreams..
++++
i’m paddling home
through a sea
of clouds,
and..
will shrink back
into my box
thinking,
++++
rounding another
circuit
of..
closed off
conversations..
about day’s top
ten trending
topics
all the while,
sinking.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image by Dani Bravo at – https://useum.org/artwork/Bored-Man-Dani-Bravo-2011
head ain’t
hollow
but it often
feels so,
i’m not the same
shaky target
you knew.
though i still
quiver,
as..
i waltz by each
archer in a
room.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image adapted from art by Timothy Green – https://www.artmajeur.com/en/myexile2/artworks/10544191/blind-archer
gif at – https://giphy.com/gifs/latelateshow-james-corden-late-show-xThuW5MZ3QpOQJJtja
i’ve a lust for loss
and costly
labor,
it streaks my screen
good and
dark,
a purge of art
for wild’s
sake
it over works
the heart,
and brightens up
my powder
face
++++
in the crags and
creases most
lacking
faith’s beauty
and grace.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
painting by Linda Deater at – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mime-reaction-linda-deater.html
..blushes in spades.
don’t mind resting as
frost on grief’s
floor,
long as my eyes don’t
fade too far from
focus
to guard clear sight of
your slivered
light,
slipped as love note
beneath our
bedroom
door..
++++
for i’ve
welcomed far
less
for
more.
Belly Crawlman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
painting by Benjamin Roberts at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/308426274466235721/
..distance from the inner squabbles that lead to all out war.
thread the heart’s needle
with silk dipped
in blood,
i dodged another viper’s
vibrate, on auto
pilot update,
can’t un-spill
the milk,
cream tap’s all
dried up,
++++
and is it to spite my
filthy cup?
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/grumpygorman/?hl=en
image: https://incrediblethings.com/food/perpetually-dirty-coffee-cup-thwarts-potential-mug-theives/
