Jackson

Untouchable, savage, primitive smeared with tribal dirt A word of the lowest caste, Origin Unknown. Origin suppressed? Too strong for delicate nobles. A grunt of surging life. A yell of pagan sex too fierce for civilisers. A witching-word, a wight of English: Four runes, in a fixed order. Hide none, or you nix the magic. Read more

Swan. Unthinkable beauty in that black neck. That tight body, ski feet, small-brained head. Cat. Unstretchable beauty in those essential eyes, ancient silent walk, springloaded pause, silken hackles. Moth. Untouchable beauty in those dusted wings. That startling width, torpedo abdomen, phototropic rush. Man. Unavoidable beauty in that aggressive skull, self-referential ego, deaf buttocks, ever-watchful penis. Read more

Come to bed. The night’s cold. Relax your head; let me hold your body, and see your tired face by the bedside lamp. Sleep with me. Unplug your amp. Let yourself be: unclamp your dreams, and shed your excess thoughts in a rainbow fold. Read more

no words in my head no music in my head only white lace in my head, only white satin in my head I’ll look beautiful, as Michelle said but there’ll be no words in my head no pen in my hands no guitar in my hands only credit cards in my hands, only chequebooks in Read more

Black sheen plump torso twig legs pinch of beak but what a voice! Read more

voice, your voice, coming through, music, eating me alive body, my veins are dancing, hands are shaking, eyes are waiting, always You cliche. Floating seraph, you dying nova, wild bright thing, you embodied voice, you astral beast, you magic mentor, you Sad preacher, homecoming queen, enduring meteor, pink contradiction, silver star you everything, everything First Read more