Chris McCabe (London, UK): from Progress Poems

# 800: ivor cutler

see you next time he said I said not
if I'm like this (turned my back) he
said then I'll be like this (turned his
back) & there might be mirrors in front of us

he said there might be mirrors in front of us
I said not if I'm like this (turned my
back) he said then I'll be like this
(turned his back) see you next time I said


# 659: cleaning habits

& for some— to wash & clean up— is to
piss their own shit-stains from the toilet pan


© Chris McCabe 2005