Sonnet

I told the genie that I wanted to see my parents
and two brothers who had died, he said it would be...

I used to be a good child
When I said grace Father smiled
I refused Satan’s temptation...

They want to do away with English - just imagine,
every country was colonialist apart from...

My hand in yours, meltingly warm
Blood runs down my arm
from the thorns on your hand

...

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
That’s an ugly lie
Flesh turning into...

If he had a voice, what would it sound like?

Would it be more of a whisper than a voice
...

They had a mind of their own, sometimes on or off,
although from dusk to dawn was probably enough;...

A change of heart; to the Atoning One,
Only when broken; does it attract The Son!
Then He can...

I said it was black, he said: 'No, it's brown,'
'Oh, sorry,' you never quite know what's going down...

They said that I was very good, did I believe?
'Oh what a wicked web we weave, when we practise...

What do I value?
is it the witty conversation you deliver?
Is it the detached way you smoke...

Hi, this is me - I look lonely but I'm fine chaps,
but I need some things to fill all the gaps,...

Look at you - who else could match your charisma,
nowhere near, since you flew from Andromeda;...

The great lovers of the past didn't last,
Cassanova, Romeo and Juliet, Valentino passed;
I'm...

When others seem to use you
Don't take all day
When people sit around and abuse you
...

When was the first music - some ape playing a lyre?
Did we have to wait for the classical guys to...

Song of the forest; down by the tripping creek,
Wind whistles through, toads trying to speak....