VOL. 1
SHOTGUN GOOD FUN
Out of sight / Out of minding what you say and on your best behaviour / Out of line / Out of ordering an upgrade / Bored of this one anyway // You're up to your eyeballs and down to your last cigarette / You're up to your knees in shotgun good fun until it's over // In your place / The saving gracious in defeat but I think we all want the prize / Off your face but home by nine times out of ten to get an earful either way //
THE COFFIN'S FINAL NAIL
Something stuck in my eye but I ain't crying / Something stuck in my throat / Now is not the time / You don't need to know but... / Revelations / Look me in the eye / I'm really trying / Battle stations for a shit show / Now is not the time / You don't need to know but tell me... // Are there spare pages in your good books? I wanna fill them with fiction / Sit and listen to my latest tale / It's the story of the coffin's final nail //
I WARNED YOU
Treat it carefully / It's too far to throw it but you threw it anyway / Treading warily / You're too close for comfort but you got closer // I warned you // Stockpiling the debris with too many fragments to glue / Do it anyway / Her doing the lion's share was still not enough to satisfy you / I told you so // Ousted early and with the triumphs up for review on your résumé / From clued up and well prepared to chewed up and spat to the back of the queue / Not closer // It's time to face the music / It's time to go home //
© MARC AINLEY / 2017