FIRST BREATH:

A group of men stand in a darkened room,
Wear the wrong clothes,
Stare into space,
Hands writhing to escape,

I know who they used to be,
But,
In these clothes,
We’ve never met,

Suddenly,
They burst into song,
Like miners fresh from dirty holes,
Blackened & exhausted,

Cut like fine cheese,
Their first breath,
Is beautiful & heartbreaking

(K)

HUNGRY PROFESSIONALS:

Scales,
Global,
Introducing,

Piggy-bank,
Similar to zero but,
All the circles,

Trust,
Value,
Arc,

Landed a big one,
Territory partner,
Quiet bang-out,

Focus,
Map,
Destroy,

Mashed,
But Friday night,
Exhumed constantly

(Nervous Conditions play the Windmill – Brixton tonight)

(K)

TO RUN:

I was always very nervous generating revenue,
Fractions,
Lord step in!

(K)

ZERO FREE AGENT:

Barefoot energy,
Constant move,
The crown,

Hour,
This hour,
In climate,
Keys,

Intimate incidents,
Partnerships,
Relationships,

Fusion,
Smash,
But love,
Where are we are now?

To doubt what will,
To doubt who will,
I count,

Cold cream bull,
Located,
Following the sun,

Backend slack,
Four hour window,

Discipline,
Communication,

Security,
Sincerity,
Infusion,
Architecture,
Principles,

Structure,
Raisins,
Reasons,
Seasons,

System,
Piston,
Passion,
Treason scales the walls

(K)

STATIONS:

Headless trees lean away from living shadows

(Listening to ‘Animal Imagination’ by Phonophani)

(K)

DARK ENERGY SUNDAY:

Two men found,
Fighting on the ground,
Between parked cars,

‘Ey! Ey! Ey!”
A woman shouts,
“Pack it in lads!”

Men come running,
“Come on boys, knock it off!”
Knuckles drag the Black-top,

One’s on the floor,
Belly up like a dog that wont give up
Holding the other at bay with arms & legs,
The other is lifted off the ground,
Clutching for the throat,

“Stay down! Stay down!”
He yells,
As they jerk & twitch,
Neither backing down,

(K)

THREE MEN MEET IN A ROOM:

One man enters,
Asks a question,
Hands in Pockets,
Starts polite,
Become confrontational,
Is interrupted by another man,

The other man tells a story,
And is interrupted by another man,
Who tells a story,
And is interrupted by another man,
Who tells a story,
And is interrupted by another man,
Who tells a story,
Laughs & leaves,

Another man walks in,
Stops everything,
Telling everyone how he feels,
Everyone listens,
Then starts talking,

One man lies down on the floor,
Another sits in a Green velvet chair,
The other starts stroking his face

(K)

AT THE CASTLE:

In the back yard,
Drinking sweet & sticky with a rat,
Do you want ice with that?
I can talk German,
I talk to everyone,
To no one,
I clean ashtrays,
Do you have a light?

In walks a moon-eyed vibrating kid,
Says,
“I’m weird”
I say,
“No you’re not”
He looks confused,
Dancing on the wrong foot,
Blinks,

Me & the rat watch & wait,
The kid grinds to a halt,
Crunches gears,
Comes back at me,
“You”
“Why are you so calm?”
He starts to vibrate again,
Rocking from side-to-side,

Me & the rat suck our drinks up a straw,
Sit back,
Relax
Watching the world dance

(K)

ONE OF THOSE THINGS:

A baggy time,
Lectures,
Potions,
Do you want to go for a drink?
Nine o’clock,

Ten o’clock turn your phone off,
Wake up in the morning thinking,
“Oh my God, I did that for a reason”,
Yeah,
And,
“You wont be seeing me today!”

Why don’t you come over the weekend?

(K)

CAUGHT ON CAMERA:

I saw you,
Photographing a young woman’s feet,
Through her transparent shoes,
What were you up to?
I saw you,
And you know it

(K)