“A Flock of Dreams” sample poems

The Lamington of Lament

The lamington of lament

weeps at its sorrowfully horrible yet strangely delicious coconut coating; 

wails at its woe-inducing yet curiously yummy chocolate covering; 

despairs at its gruesomely foul yet oddly appetising innards; 

and blubbers at its sickeningly disgusting yet delightfully sweet jam midriff. 

The lamington of lament 

     ponders its future as a grotesquely
mouth-watering delight
    ideal for morning or afternoon tea 

as a repulsively pleasant snack 

But then, when all seemed lost, 

the lamington of lament
met a cheerful chili cheesecake 

and the lamington of lament

lamented no more.

Very Important Questions

Ask yourself…can slippery slimy sludgy slugs slip in slippery slimy sludge? 

If so, can slender sludgy slippery slimy slugs slowly slap and slop in slippery sludge? 

If so, can slender slimy sludgy slippery slugs slink in slimy slop? 

If so, can slender sloppy slimy sludgy slippery slugs slop slop in slop? 

If so, can slender sludgy slippery slimy sloppy slugs slowly slap, slink, slip and slop in slimy, sludgy, slippery sloppy slime? 

If so, can slack slim slick slender slowly slinking slimy sludgy sloppy slippery slugs slide a sled down a slope of sludgy slippery sloppy slick slaw? 
If so, can slack, slick, slim, slender, slippery, slimy, sludgy, sloppy, slackly slinking sleuthing slugs slam, slip, slap, slop and slide a sloppy slaw sled in slick slippery sludgy sloppy slimy slime? 

These are very important questions my friend, because slender slippery slimy sludgy sloppy slick slim slugs only slumber slightly. 

Goldfishism

fleets of codswallop
armadas of gobbledegook
and legions of gibberish
converge on the Science that failed

a science that bears the brunt of outdated logic,
and heaves the burden of prehistoric thought
of archaic causalities
of disgustingly provable facts

Slapped, slammed and slagged by the socials,
the once-mighty Science begs for another three seconds of screen time,
but is quickly swiped into oblivion,
scrolled into obscurity,
and un-liked into the darkest realms of the algorithm,
where its dangerous, unquestionable truths can be heard no more
its grave but an ungooglable fistful of HTML,
quickly replaced by a new cat video going viral on youtube
a video
of a cat
in a bowl
with a goldfish

Media politics 101
or Can You Say Nothing with Millions of Words

Montserrat Wang, 3CR Radio. We understand that minister, but could you please tell us why this decision was made without public consent? 

Why? Your question is why? 

To begin with, it’s very important to realise that the question is the why, and the why is the question.

Therefore it’s vital that the questionable question’s question is questioned, because the questionable question’s question is highly questionable, hence your why.

Let’s be clear about this. The questionable question must be questioned because only after the questionable question is questioned can we know why the highly questionable question is being questioned, so why would I not question a highly questionable question before questioning your question?
That’s why. 

Next question! 

Until Further Notice

I drink deep from the sunset sprawled before me, 

this stunning, euphoric, alleged reality
    washing through my five senses.

I watch, smell, taste, hear and feel as 

an operatic seahorse sings a thimbleful of galaxies

while a flock of thoughts float unnoticed;

a time painter blends psychedelic secrets 

as silence dines on ego soup;

and a billion-winged butterfly caresses a verb garden 

while a dream’s dream dreams of kissing the impossible

Only five senses. 

Until further notice.