back off
from Iran
safari suits
and bad breath
(I know
that guy
he worked in
the kebab shop
in Fitzroy St.
had his own
pool cue
who would have thought?)
back off
the broken
hot plate
social workers
men
who try to bolt
anything
to the floor
back off
the national parliament
the lack of
opposition
the dinner party
government
rights
to whatever
you don't have
(NB.
there is no sense
in
the idea of
a positive law
tell the Hare Krishnas
the Cat Protection
Society
the campaign
for Bill)
back off
the hangman
the junkie
the priest
and you
back off
and your wife
and kids
and the dog
go to Arthur's Seat
and back off
down the slope
back off
dickhead
like the past
old friends
reasons for
and against
lovers
it's a question
of nerve
and steel
so
remember
to
step
back
if you see me
coming
up
the track
back off
Jesus
you fool
Mohammed
and gangster rap
and laughing boy
back off
to Tibet
(and take
the exes
and Bono
with you)
and back off
Jerry Lee Lewis
and
George Jones
come on Mary try
Allison Moorer
Shelby Lynne
back off baby
excellence
is a terrible burden
you never get
your father back
back home
to Jerusalem
the revolution
starts now
back off
the war on terror
open the cage
Guantanamo Bay
bring to trial
George Bush
Tony Blair
John Howard
at the Hague
don't
back off
42,000
Iraqis dead
heroin
flowing again
in Afghanistan
back to
the USA
the Arabs
can wait
they invented
mathematics
abacus
don't be fooled
there's no group
worth belonging
to
dismantle
the collection
return to
the piece
just a thought
outside of
need
is purity
back off
to clarity
insist
back up
kids
women
abos
your ex wife
old friends
mum
and dad
bros
and
sis
forget
the rest
(no offence intended)
back up
yourself
in an old kit bag
and don't
expect
a hand
a kind thought
a kiss
just back off
quietly
back off
un-Australian
this / that
(whatever
can't be explained
or understood)
I don't have
mates
for reasons of
health
and intellect
I prefer
a good
conversation
with anyone
who's backed off
cigarettes
junk food
cars
let the trees
breathe
or they'll
back off
evil is pain
you never wipe
the slate clean
don't
back down
existence
is in your face
walk
as much
as you can
the spirit
needs legs
read
or you get
stuck
(coagulate)
without
a thought
project
mad dream
or
a night out
at the circus
you backdate
it's time
to back burn
the state forest
everything you
believe
possessions
friends
the Internet
needs a clean out
light the match
click delete
there is no time
it's not
when but what
do you think
you're here for?
as if
there's a reason
I don't push it
anymore
I stepped
back
to let
the seasons go
and passions
to embrace
it's not
a question
of making rain
to fall
or a heart
to change
these eyes see
a clear blue
sky
outback
remember
truth is just
a fiction
but necessary
to order
the glass menagerie
lost souls
are its overthrow
the metamorphosis
to beast
is only
a page turned
back
the suit men
the ever ghosts
of matter
must be
revealed
exposed
in the light
the pestilence
of their eyes
can only
be stilled
in fire
(back to
grey stone)
on the cobble
street
make
your own way
which ever
way it is
the genius
of each step
beware
there's always
someone
to wrong foot
you
back door
you
in the name of
truth
love
society
so tell 'em all
the gainsayers
the prevaricators
the disseminators
the oscillators
the speculators
nature
reason
and
God
back off
(c) Copyright: Wink Tattler. 2006.
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