While i sleep

To be alone 

For two weeks 

Or a second 

Truly alone 

Lost in the heart 

Of a deep black hole 

Nothing gets in

Nothing gets out 

Nothing persists 

Nothing exists 

Would it be hell 

Or what would it be 

Say goodbye to the girlfriend 

Of course you'd be deaf 

Unswayed by any frequency of radiowaves 

There'll be no colours 

No Mark E, no Bach, no delicate flowers  

There'll be a clean line of clothes pegs

Without any washing

Without any sheets

Fresh and white  

Without any breeze

You’re not allowed to smuggle any pets

Like a piggy or a mouse or an incy wincy bee 

No heartaches

Nor headaches, 

Not a bloody heartbeats

Neither no regrets, 

Or thoughts forbid 

You can’t eat your peas off the back of the fork kid!

You’ll be stripped naked

You’ll have no hair

Like a newborn rabbit 

No-one will seduce you

You won’t be there

Nothing can touch you

Peace at last

They cant export you

Through the looking glass

They can’t abort you

Not so fast

There's nothing to collect 

And no one to despatch

Call me on the telephone 

I'll pass you on to Jesus 

He'll tell you that I'm not at home 

Not talking to believers 

All alone aloft the night 

Like John Keats said 

Much better than me 

his name was writ in water 

Mine was rustled 

From the tree 

Our memories wiped with hammers

Our lovers all shredded and blown 

Our brothers are as pale

As a packet of crisps 

At the bottom of a bell

We will have no lips 

We will have no smell

There will be no time 

No stick no gun

Just a bucket of trees

Me and my son

Not even God 

Is having that one

But who will watch him 

While I sleep  

Who will watch him 
While I sleep? 

15/09/17

Pic: Pulcinella, Naples.