A locomotive whistle welling up
Like screams from a charwoman’s bottomless throat.
A bathtub as a thirsty porcelain cup
Whose curtain rings unbutton like a coat.
A name no one remembers in a glass
Of disappearing dust and garbage wrappers.
A crippled peeping Tom with time to pass.
A dog who goes down for the long dirt nap.
Plane as Grim Reaper; leading man as grain.
Fifth column dentists; marksmen made of clay
Pretending to be pigeons. One man’s vain
Crusade to stop blondes falling in the bay.
Macabre, suspenseful, droll, unhinged, absurd.
A man assaulting actresses with birds.
Like screams from a charwoman’s bottomless throat.
A bathtub as a thirsty porcelain cup
Whose curtain rings unbutton like a coat.
A name no one remembers in a glass
Of disappearing dust and garbage wrappers.
A crippled peeping Tom with time to pass.
A dog who goes down for the long dirt nap.
Plane as Grim Reaper; leading man as grain.
Fifth column dentists; marksmen made of clay
Pretending to be pigeons. One man’s vain
Crusade to stop blondes falling in the bay.
Macabre, suspenseful, droll, unhinged, absurd.
A man assaulting actresses with birds.
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