From star
By Tom Jenks.
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like to eat salami straight from fridge
got 2 litre bottle cloudy lemonade
swig out of that
this makes me a bad person /
person [?] think:
is this what your mother had in mind when she
thought of you?
you are not as
put this or that way
might liken you to Cher in Moonstruck
but I have never seen that
in particular
on Sky Sports they named him as the mastermind
jaunty fedora and lacy shawl rumour:
he is one of those adult babies
got a pram made from salvaged timber
too busy since he got with her
boneless banquets on the leatherette sofa
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_____ was a bomber pilot
there is no evidence he didn’t like it
after that the Euro zone’s leading fetish photographer
played The Blue Danube
rented rooms above the Kunsthalle
why don’t you try one of these { } { } { }
smok(e)y mackerel in tupperware containers
takeaway pizza in trouser press
if you can draw a picture of a fish
draw it here :
whole thing is :
got drunk at sports personality of the year
took a piss in Bobby Charlton’s golden goblet
later shared hot rods box with Nabokov
chicken pieces in patent leather slipper
chicken pieces : =
best approach is incremental
like a butterfly collection
deposit yrs. here :
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activity [ smart ] : bonding with your colleagues
arm wrestle over lunch or
hokey cokey dry ice | laser beam
I seen his wife and she not all that
open necked shirt and
corduroy waistcoat she
on intensive life saving training she
commemorated with mounted plaque
they filming this for docusoap
in scenes not in
pot plant substitute e.g.: flowering cactus in
galvanised bucket
key scene : confrontation in atrium
line manager bear
costume or jaunty pirate
23/10: I accuse him of druidry: modified bedsheet
holly garland
in close up like the outline of Iceland
once at photocopier his face on the glass
utility bills to prove he or cup-a-soup sachets
for
cholesterol
count
enter yours here with wipe off marker :
bonding with your colleagues like
shared experiences e.g.: nudity
or
market gardening
or
visualise in easy
medium here :
I paint this pasta shell for you ()
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tom Jenks was born in Sunderland and now lives, works and writes in Manchester. He was the founding editor of Parameter Magazine and currently runs Zimzalla. His collection A Priori was published by If P Then Q Classics with his mini-series Omens being published by Matchbox. He is also part of the innovative reading series The Other Room.
First published in 3:AM Magazine: Sunday, March 21st, 2010.
