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Jimmy Biggs - Dead Birds, Or: Ruminations upon how the Very Act of Preserving for Others Destroys Something for You
Most men redden when maids make the measure
And forgetting to nestle into nouns for pleasure
They brush off the bedding, bounded by messrs
It’s a luscious meadow surrounded by desert
The calling cat moulted upon the yard, and
Simply sat sulking, all wrong about yarn, and
That caught me sprung and wound-up and hardened,
Catapulted into the pond of the garden
The one bird left,
Kaleidoscope
Your little death
And guilty soap
Licking as much as a lip ever tasted
And mixing these crops from the tip to the basic
I splinted a prop that was ripped and wasted, yes
Fixing that crutch was a crippling breakage
It was in a dream
That I mean to see him
But he was too busy just being a being
He’d been seen being a pleasing museum
Decreeing from the top of a plinth
And what were we seeing
But how the being was fleeing
And how we’ve not seen him, since?
If you’re brittle when kissed, then will you cope
When skittles are fists, willing you bowl
With risky business on the billing as ‘nope’
It’s your little death, sister – guilty red soap
The one bird left,
Kaleidoscope
Your little death
And guilty soap
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Jimmy Biggs - Blue, For a Boy
Too little hay over too much field
Committed to say he’s feeling fulfilled
Flitting with bricks to make sure it’s built
It’s wicked and fun
To show everyone
What he’s done with his brand new toy
But with a push from the roof,
He’ll shush you the truth
That he’s sure feeling blue, for a boy.
Jesus within descends and harrows
Meets all kinds of kin with True Love’s arrows
And salaciously feeding his skin to the sparrows
Asks ‘if a man can
Sketch out a plan,
When does it become a ploy?’
Because I’m not testing,
I’m just interested
Why I’m feeling so blue, for a boy.
Since soaking the ship in the sick of shyness
No-one dares quips on the slips of His Highness
It’s a Mobius Strip of ridiculous kindness
She curtseys and quivers
Lets the court see her dither
The new cool and courageous is coy
And displays he accepts her
By waving his sceptre
But he’s sure feeling blue, for a boy
The sparrows now dead dedicate their deaths
Hope their carrion will medicate those bereft
Of challenges and delegate a chef
To shell, clout and then
Fry the hell out of them;
Serve their bodies at the Savoy
No it’s not real
But my God, what a meal
And I’m still feeling blue, for a boy
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Paul's Parameters
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Jimmy Biggs - Paul's Parameters
Sooner or later there’ll come a time
When you realise
That not everything can be solved
With a death threat
You’ve been lucky
You’ve just not reached that time, yet
You just learned at an early age
How to wink
And how nobody buys the paintings
Of the dead birds
You’ve been lucky
Leading the way is still part of the herd.
How, if or when I cut yourself,
Your sky will drop
At the kitchen door with open arms
There will stand your mother
You’ve been lucky
It’s red and tastes like any other.
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Jimmy Biggs- Twig
The bird sat on the branch so long
Changed no lives, twas nothing big
Perched in silence, singing its song
Till other birds started to twig.
If the sounds you’ve made don’t die,
But wash around the world
Then is it a tune
That supports the moon
Or the threat of what words will bring?
When I hear the bell ring out,
I’ll dance into the middle
Hit the man with my right hand,
Whilst he works out my riddle
May many a mister make a mask
Then ride free like a Mountie
Please pander to Paul when he asks
For you to give him boundaries
Let me know
When you work it out
Your noises are still here
They’re a music
To the kids, who jig
And you’ll twitch too, when you twig
If the sounds you’ve made don’t die,
But wash around the world
Then is it a tune
That supports the moon
Or the threat of what words will bring?
This is your twig and despite
Others having twigs just like it
This one’s yours with all your might
And you might like to fight it.
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Sold
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Jimmy Biggs - Sold
Did I just finish writing Dead Birds?
Did you find it inviting enough to get heard?
Was Paul one of us with his burgeoning shyness?
Was Paul a pro or just learning the shyness?
When a picture is sold,
Is the whole story told?
And twice is the price
For making it nice
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