Hi Vis

Homelessness in a hi vis
locked in the commute
of sharply dressed suits
Trying to double
their lung capacity
with half of his

But for that hi vis
he'd simply be homeless.

Stockholm Syndrome?

Perhaps you needed the early moon
or the hangover of the storm
or couldn't leave your punctured bike
under sheets of tarpaulin

Perhaps you were meeting with God,
howling the hills for a love,
who gave the sea the definition it deserved

Perhaps you were just content with an open plan_
Your bathing bones kidnapped by the cold.

Perhaps it was the ring pull of cans of brew,
which I've never seen you sink
or that elusive drug deal
in the sober precinct.

Or perhaps, under the shelter...

you were let down by the system.

Tin cans

I get used to their bloom. 

The places they're found

The joy they bring

A tunnel escape

for the voiceless opera

I get used to the blues

of their fading spectrum
Flight wreckage
from a budget airline
never cleared 

I get used to the way they held hope for so many answers,
 offered none, but enough for one more

And one more 

Worth Seeing

Runners. Colourful runners. Pixels on the promenade.
(
Each stiff hit for a different cause
)
Sleepers. Dishevelled sleepers. A washout on the promenade.
(
Each stiff hit for a different cause)
Purposeful questions proposed to the sea
...
How it can stomach every one for me
.
The angler employed the bottle green teen
.
I wonder how he will fare? His beginning.
All this worth seeing.

Homelessness, a zoo

Homelessness, a zoo
4 pints of milk downed in two
The face you wear in the laundrette
Is the way they look at you
Hurry up, be tidy.
Humiliation is okay
for black and white matters.

I Could Be Anywhere

Maroon coffee cups
Bodies sleeping rough
A stream of urine
meanders the banks.

A spark of optimism and thirst
Cannot last - always diverts.

Scratch card hopes
Energy drinks burn out
Quick, Bright, Dim
How could we lose him?
Settle for never finding.

And office block lights
are now the stars
Clocking off the sunsets
This is as good as it gets.

I could be anywhere.  (it seems)