Baby Socks

For There, No Fucks Were Given
But Their One
When It Was Ok To Be This Loud
Up Until The End

Who Was It That Said Beginners 
Need A Dry Run
So A Silly 13 Euro The Chemist
Thought Misspent

The Nappies Her Father Bought
Are Months Ahead
And Wondering How To Tie It
So It Won't Seep

Its A Good Thing He's Still Got
The Bunk Bed
'Cause He's Taken To Growing Up
In His Sleep

CK

Daddy Didn't Kill Him With The Car

A Ten Year Old And His Father
Who's Footsteps Mould Lino


Are Lead To A Still Blanket
'Sure He Was Riddled' She Said.


The Smell Had Clawen To Leather,
Even With Windows Drawn


Father Rerooted One Of The Trees
Hoping It Would Mean Something To Me.


CK

Normality (By-word)

Long For Change
And It Begins
A Slight One,
She Went Heavy
Footed Down
Into
Crumple Zones
And Bags Explode
Tired Waiting
Until I Wish
All Were Red Again

CK

Switching After Top Of The Pops

This Is Our House,
This is Where We Recycle
To Make Other Things

Likes Nights Out Of Her Blouse
So Mam Asks Michael
'Ye Were Opposite Of Kings'

Leon, An Old Spouse
Said He Met Billy Idol
Supporting Wings

He Too, There Or Thereabouts
During Mam's Bridal
And Also Confused Weddings And Cocks

CK

My Girls Are All Trainee Barbers

With All The Connotations
Of A Straight Razor
Her Clusterfuck Of Words
Failing As A Chaser
And The Other Failing As
My Chalk Tracer


But Wax Can Now Pour
From Open Wounds


So You Can Pick Me Clean
Off The Blue Carpet
But The Girls Waited While
I Lost My Heft
Instead Kissing My Cheek
Until I Up And Left


CK

Post Black And White

The Smoking Ban Twists Out The Last Cigarette Spark
And Forces Sleep Below The High Water Mark




And Please Don't Lean On The Jukebox For God Sakes
It's A Wurlitzer, One Of The Earlier Makes




The Open Door Wind Shakes All The Patrons Shadows
And Recast By The Cracks In The Windows




In Tarred Filters And Under Bottle Cap I Found The Lines
Lost In The Cellar Between Vines And Wines




Now Fill A Yellow Legal Pad With Nothing I Wish To Say
Drinking In The Back Of My Casablanca Café


CK

A Virgin Crashing In The Snow

That Woman
She Found Both Sides Of The Road
Now Bare Feet Slowed
Her Walk Away From The Sedan
The Pain As If She Ran From The Two Cornered In 'The Watering Can'
Here, On Squared Glass It Snowed
Checking Her Hazards That Glowed
A Few Drops Of Red Coke, Over A Man Too Busy To Say 'I'm Sorry Marianne'

He, artless Attractions, Her Delayed And Reacted
With Tears Unaccompanied By His Carefully Chosen Words
That Got It Off The Ground
But She'll Say She Was Distracted
By Early Morning's Low Flying Birds
Ready To Impound

CK

Upstairs In Fitz's, 1978

Sit. Thumbs Together
Our Babies To Touch The Others.
Lights May Flicker
To The Shadow Of Our Mother
While Dead Grieve,
We Break Static To Form Mutters
'Tá Grá Agam Daoibh'

CK

Fragment #50

Alas Alanis,
Here's Something That Really Is
You Thinking It Was

CK

Heaven And...

This Place Is Packed And Overbooked
And We're Anywhere From Rare To Overcooked
So Burn The Walls For The Space They Took

Good God's No Shelter In Tan-bed Suns
That Free Up Some Burns That Runs And Re-runs
Because Here There's Still Two Types Of Sons

Who Enjoy A Welcome We'll Overstay
And Yield A Wage On What The Past Does Weigh
It's A Long Road But We're Easily Lead Astray

CK

A Worn Missing Rime

Her Verse And Rhyme
Are Blunt Like Sirens
And A Coil Of Anatomy
That Doesn't Stunt Growth

There, Two Warm Fronts
Meet, One Clipped Low
To Bear The Brunt
Of Some Overdrawn Nox


CK

We Ain't Got Fireflies

Oh Won't You Bring Us Back
Some Cherry Cola
   Pop Them Out Blister Packs
   Still Farmland Raw

Oh Won't You Bring Us Back
A Celebrity Mugshot
   Free In Box Of Apple Jacks
   All Store Bought

Oh Won't You Bring Us Back
All The Street Signs
   To Get Lost As We Retrack
   Them Border Lines

Let Brothers Know The Lack
Of Jobs At Freddie Mac
   Oh Won't You Bring Us Back
   Some Cherry Cola

CK

Weekend Tickets

Recant Losing It During The Rockin' Dust Bowl

With Them Mules Barely Hidden In Film Containers
Found While Wandering Beat Over Festival Paths

With Baths In Muddied Trainers From A Bottle
With A Dash Of Russian Standard For The Smell

As Stomachs Swell Until Lads Remodel Stall Walls
For Girls Are Much Better At Holding, Surely

Till Day Three And Closing Calls Has Sobered Him
And He's Finally Gotten Up In His Final Smalls

But The Last Drawls Of The Jim Flash Him Back
And The Ropes Go Slack As The Tents Repack

Can't You Smell The Sex, Drugs And Rock'n'Roll

CK

Rebound

The Fixed Crack In Your Voice
Is A Known Trick I Could Easily Best
But I Just Rest Your Crying On My Chest

While Your Past Is Undressed And Drunk
'Cause He's Older, Don't Address Just
Later Return Her, Uncontested

CK

Just For Tonight, Lets Be Kids

Spill The Bar Onto The Tennis Court
Because There's Enough Space To Run Around,
Isn't That Why Your Wearing Hi-tops

Then Kisschase And Stargaze Away
Until Your Puke Is Found By Morning Joggers
Made From Out Of Work Boilermakers

Sure Say Something About Starlight
That May Be Mistaken For Deep If Said Enough
And We Return With Stolen Jackets

Till Your A Lingerer In Your Room
And Forced To Bed By The Sight Of Walking Suits
Passing By Your Closing Windows

The Morning Will Have You Wondering
Who To Address The Thank You, Sorry Cards To
When The Fear Hits You At Noon

CK