19: ANTI/HEROES
michael farrell: mickey agonistes
you can dress up but you cant
hide. the peak & drift of anthems
is for alcoholics. a good runner just
not a classy runner. on
the job the snot ... runs out with the tide. no sob stories ~
no ... pain in the arse. divorce is for mugs sleep with
me. about as soulful as paul weller pull the other.
ink wells up as pens
run out. whats that
got to do with simple minds & all. eighties
living in the eighties. regular haircut a clean
shirt should be so lucky. its
all war or peace innit. what
a heart doesnt know a mind wont get to
think about. pal you can line up for a nutjob count
me missing. like a bit
of handcuff got the wrong man. pie &
sauce love leave it etc. used to watch the
king & i with me mum before some nice
old dear ran her over running from
toerags. a smack mechanics all part of the job. some are
stupid others can thank their lucky stars.
god stand up for mates
with dicks for brains ... sometimes youve got to try another angle.
sayings seem like bullshit most
when they most apply to yourself. love on
one set of knuckles hard on the other. to be continued
eh thats the tragedy everyone wants
closure so they rip a bit more off each
other. you can see a boy in a man or smell
onion on a cooks hands. of
course it was their amours
Michael Farrell is a Melbourne poet whom this editor is quite fond of. Check out his book 'ode/ode'.