gain purchase

A pimp
Whose
Sexuality
You see
Makes all
The whores
Want to
Deal with him
Felt that wasn’t
Such a terrible
Thing the only
Time he thought of it
For what he lacked
In intent he made
Up in motive that
although realised
in secret recesses
is none too dark for it
just a shabby business
of pleasing your monkey
and he was good at it




mad frenzies
of self love in
the sickness of the sea
pumps the poison
from the stomach
and then back on
the watch for
more of it
now isn’t that
the pirate with
one eye and eye
for one thing
what daring
what absolute
bravery if only
it wasn’t such
a shallow sea



problems continue to haunt the common hawker and it is not only the quality of his wares he is worried about. It’s the customers these days sunny. That is older colleagues and they have an organisation as well as a mouthpiece so that is that. but the third person view, the one that offers a nuanced and objective answer cannot be realised by being in the market for things. It is a bird’s eye view and this one has to hover over the marketplace and study every littlest transaction thoroughly and methodically. Taking detailed mental notes, observing the minutiae of commerce and all the while piecing them together in its mind. Then after the market’s shut it has to write it all down. Or it can swoop down once in a while, scrounge for whatever food and be off and away. Owing no report to none but of course it is safe to assume that birds have their share of birdy problems. In time it becomes evident even to the hawkers that the person best suited to analyse their situation is probably the one least interested in occupying its mind with research in trade and barter. But naturally this does not go down well. Efforts are being renewed. May the cure of deteriorating markets and market relations be at hand. And as long as no one takes a stand on wastage and prodigality the birds inshallah shall have the fruits of their labour. Three cheers for business and pleasure.


sex education tips
et the death toll
in my emphatic moods
they are advertised
on the same board
and in the light
of a candle
held against the wall
i dream of bodies