After the beachfront fair
they sit
watch men
heave painted scaffold into
vans
argue about
inter-breeding animals
and drug mules
drink and sniff and watch for
movement
there, like hornets under a
gunnysack muffled sun
two scooters burst across the
wet sand
toward the panorama of infinite
Blackpool
each rider dreaming up
the myth of himself

I have had two perfect-bound books, ‘Small Town Chase’ and ‘Holy Nowhere’ published by erbacce-press, and have recently completed a forthcoming third collection, ‘Caravan’. I have had poems published at Your One Phone Call, M58, The Camel Saloon, Coney’s Loft, Ink Sweat and Tears, and PARIAH Press.