Marcus Slease

from MY HEART IS SHUFFLED IT IS INTELLIGENT IT IS A LOT LIKE ME

 
ON A TRAIN TO LAKE DISTRICT NP SITTING BACKWARDS

I am listening to pachelbel
I heard it in the movies
it is a canon
in D major
my two hands
are lemured
dear world & everyone
in it it is broken
in 99 places
Farley’s Biscuit versus
Farley’s Rusk
I’m writing a country song
when you pause
the carriage
is silent
STILL CRAZY
mind the gap
between the train
and the platform
 

 

 

 
ON A TRAIN FROM LAKE DISTRICT NP SITTING FORWARDS
 
anonymous on the Ides of March in the graveyard she told me to eat crisps
after smoking we ate old fashioned donuts with Infinite Jest I heart your lemur
hot possips & floaters something there is that loves lemurs Bridget Lemur got married Bridget Lemur is happy to be home Bridget Lemur needs a vacation Bridget Lemur is glutton free with Edward Albee I want you Bridget Lemur with your racist gums vous fumez
comme une fleur now it is Dmitri waltz number two

 

 


ON THE TRAIN TO TORQUAY SITTING BACKWARDS
 
kindly help me
or I’ll drown
said my lemur
pulling a fish
into a tree
not older not younger
the lemur in the tunnel
might be my lover
beautiful and Hellenic
anyone anywhere love
existence is futile
but also good
livin on milk duds
& poetic justice
I’m tired
of this poem
but want to give you
everything

 

 

 
ON THE TRAIN FROM TORQUAY SITTING FORWARDS

shoplifting at Whole Foods there were sparks under my shoes lemur dreams excite me on the circle line with Pussy Riot and The Raincoats when it’s morning it’s afternoon in my brightly colored balaclava daydream nation and bored walks in Hyde Park Cameron and
the jackals saint KGB the big dream my ass two cats two gerbils and a pound which ones are decent which will knock you up for next to nothing inside my head my dog’s a bear a meat eating liberal a homeless hamster & many other problems my name is hush puppy
and I live with my daddy in the bathtub   

 

 


ON THE TRAIN TO EXETER SITTING BACKWARDS

sitting on an egg
timer
I’m the last
of the Korean
lemurs
seeming so
Zen
this is a sonata
for spoiling eyes
cluck cluck cluck
there are crumbs
on my tongue
a week of metallic
throat
stroll past
All Souls
here there
everywhere
pre-chewed
gum balls
in the gardens
of Nero
hairs in the nose
grab debris
I want to be
adored now

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ON THE TRAIN FROM EXETER SITTING FORWARDS 

at the academy of performing arts I bake bread I hear America slinging
no baby rice I didn’t add baby rice should I add baby rice I should be adding
baby rice a year with night and other animals I’m telling you everything
it’s my turn to walk the lemur

 

 


ON A TRAIN TO READING SITTING BACKWARDS

floating around
in soiled linen
my nails too short
to peel onions
I wanted to
impress the pirate
girl with my kissing
thought ability
to hang upside
down & give her
a blowjob
like the hanged
man in a tarot deck
my hump my hump
my lovely lady lumps
if you paint a person
with house paint
they will live
if you don’t paint
the bottom
of their feet

 

 


 
ON A TRAIN FROM READING SITTING FORWARDS

today’s morning lesson
is on birds
layers of fat
wrap heavenly organs
sexy people
make me feel
sexy shuffles
in power suits
in high heels
double dragging
on the way
to the office
the princess of the PEA
or the princess of Sparty LEE
she is giving me the WUMPS
daddy lemur has been eating
my porridge
three piggies are eating
my porridge
everyone is eating
my porridge
you know what I mean
I need a new porridge
so no one will eat it
how much is that Lemur
in the window
is he for free
or will he eat me
and that’s how this day goes