we call a spade
a fucking spade
hide our monkey parts in the bath
in case anyone walks in
dilate pores over the green sheen
of sprout steam
take antecedent to spring
dr samuel carter’s miracle anti-ageing elixir of youth
watch the balding boys get on the bus
tracking crackles into focus
branding barber
studying footage of the one-legged invincible black knight
soaking still scraping the gravy dish
black as oil from railway sleepers
running brook same as running brook 926AD
careers selling cigs to kids
or chief squealer at the pig-initiation class