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Friday, 1 February 2013

Counterclockwise - JLG Clift

Live life by the rigid flailing
of the trinity of these arms and hands
to their tick
to their tock
to their clap
in their clock
facial expressions
cock like pistols
every moment
lock you into
to their rhythm
so unbearably steady
unchanging
immortal
immortally dull
culling freedoms

Live life by your own beat
embrace the wonderous uncertainty
echoing through an insatiable eternity
sample all
counter the clock
and you shall be a wiser man for it

Mother - JLG Clift

the gutters today
overflow
with the tears
shed
from our Mother's
reddened eyes
and darkened skies
we heard her stormy roars
and have felt
her scorching fury
but now come the clouds
of her closing eyes that loose
the first drops
and the heavy sobs that
gush sagging winds
around your body
so weary from
the swings
and the tides
she controls now the
seas that unfold
with a harrowed ease
the strongest ships

in the slightest breeze
she strips the man
back to the boy
you shiver in the puddles
your trimmed trench coat
that drapes
in cluttered coils
around you

It's gotten too big

Monday, 7 January 2013

Colour/Grey: By JLG Clift




Colour
Black to blue to white
twice
Takes us in
Takes me in
We are lost to
the pattern
and it is the
only thing
we care to know
the only place
for me to go is where
I am and where they are
I did not see colour
before I saw these
expand
into the darkness
of these bars
at which I
linger words
drip onto pads
driven by fingers
slave to the blue ink
the black lines
the white pad
to which I declare
my dreams
dreamed up in foolish
fantasises
I share them there
so that they may not
meet the snares
of the world
beyond my own
I sink now
at the thought
of the shades
and the beauty
which they gave
us all
I feel lost in
pastel gaze
but it breaks
no
it shatters
into shards
as the night
goes on
colours run and
redden as her
lips part
and her tales
shared and lust
is lost
thrown asunder
to the thunder
thrusts of her tongue
the men around
did not want her
to speak
they just wanted her
to be
they refuse
to see that
she is doing
as desired
but they
did not want
what they said
they did and
now lustful loins
and surface thoughts
drift away
I think I
however
will stay

The world
around is
still as
grey as
it ever was
beyond the pattern
richer for the red
I am lost further
beyond the pattern
to the words
that were said.



Grey
I shall never compare thee to a summers day
Nor the beauty of the bird that sings
In the gushing blossoms
Of the freshest spring
Not to spite
But to justice to
The truth of the beauty
You possess
For we know what to expect
Of the summers day
Or the birds first song
It’s so mundane
It’s so cliché
Done to death
It fails to take breath
Away from even the simplest
Of beings
It warrants no gasps
More gags
It was stunning once
But now its beauty sags
To the ground
Never again to be found
Tedium now surrounds
The season
Bring me monotone
Bring me the grey
To drain the
Dullness of Technicolor
From the suns reaching rays
I’m tired of emerald blades
Beneath bare feet
I Know the glow
of the summer’s heat
against our crisping skin
far too well
Know of the skies lazy blue
And of the grasses jaded hue
I know the trees are full
With leaves of green
And the rivers are calm
And the lakes serene
The grey days
Are the ones that I love the most
And here you come
You are Summers ghost

Souls saviour
You ride the front
Across the red
Come to meet me
in the bosom
of my lone row boat
Where I’ve been waiting
For this moment
For this vision
The greyed froth of your clouds
Begins to breach the sunset
The beauty of your being
Begins to bloom
You are the storm
On my minds horizon
Come to break the gloom
Of summers haze
You are my enigma
My muse

E

I will lose
so much
For the flash
Of a glimpse
Of a glimpse
Under the veil
Of your cryptic mists
What mysteries you must hide
in the darkness of these ashen clouds
and sun sapped skies
bated hints drop hale stone
around my craning head
craning not for the heavens
nor the stars
nor the sun
but for the chance
to grasp
what I know
none of
I want to know you
catch my ear
bring me near
into the plush
of your swelling clouds
you could be anything
you could be anything
And that is perfect
speak, finally, speak
as my boat begins to rock
and the rivers begin to rush
and the banks begin to break
people scatter trailing picnics
blankets ripple like streamers
behind fast exits
into four by fours
they lock their doors
disappear like the dusk
you are unknown to them

so they run away
but you do not care
and neither do I
I stay
To hear your words
To be with you
To try to know the unknowable
To see the un-showable
you vocalise in thunders lisps and thunders cries
lash out with your blue lightning
strikes the tree
starts the fire
my soul smoulders
with the sap of the willow
Ablaze it blackens
from the sting
Of your monsoon swing
Whipping the air
You are wild
You are a force of nature
Come to nurture
I rock to your winds
As you reach down
And hint
Of things unknown
Of places unknown
I cannot know them
But that
Is the beauty of you
the wink of your eye
greets my stare
not enough to catch the colour
just the pupil and its semi secrets
there is so much more
the fluttering of your lashes
taunts me
what little I saw
haunts me
robs me of the strength to describe
the sensation
of that glacial kiss
that left a warm sleet
upon my lips
that summer you found me
all those years ago
you kiss again and
give nothing more away
you know all of me
I know none of you
But I cannot say that I want to
For fear that I’ll taint
What I’m enchanted with
And if that happens
What have I to live for?
You drape your gown
around my bones
you’re at my side
my boyhood is thrown
Asunder

As you roar like the thunder
Rock the boat
Ride my loins
My head rocks back
As my boat heaves
Please stay with me
Don’t ever leave
But as the winds die down
And the rains retreat
And my skin once again meets
The searing sensation
Of the summer’s heat
I know you will
I know you must
But please
let me believe
You will not
For another afternoon
Is it too much to ask
For another hour of grey
To keep me free
From this summer’s day?

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Egotist Eroder - By JLG Clift

Cum one
cum all
cum to me

Video

me
on my stage
in my

Drome

Central Park
i am outrage
this is
cutting
edge
paid for
by my
father on
the Upper East

I am
naked

American flag
draped
around
sun bed
shoulder blades

look out
onto the
audience

they adore
abomination
so that
is what
i will give
them

my name
is Maxi
Renn

Behold

i am the
Great Eroder

cutting the
binds
that
tie my
ligaments
together
through the stars
and stripes
stretched out
over my forearm

the statement will
be basic
but they will
lap it up
if i call it

Performance Art

Cutting
Edge

Cutting
with the
razor
raising brows
reactions
from the
crowd

are the
ones
i want

become
swept up
in the sensation
of dehumanisation

feel
your skin
crawl
feel yourself
aroused
by the gore

your organs
pulse and protrude
skinny jeans
as i ejaculate
though the veins
i have spread
for you

a smile
perfect
in every
way
direct from
Sunsett-
ing over
my stage

a photographer
snaps the image
cements me
as icon

for Vanity Fair

the crowd
adore
me
cheer
roar
rasping
for
more

of me

the razor
limp between
pedicured
finger tips
stainless steel
has my essence
flowing
from the edge

one of my fans
blonde haired
blue eyed
all
American
in short shorts
and a cut off
tee
is in
the front
row she
opens
her mouth
and her
head
rocks back
eyes
eclipsing
as i let
myself
gush between
pretty
red lips

she swallows
lips a new
shade of
red
and winks at me
pierced tongue
running
around the rim
of the gash
she uses
to smile

good girl

i think
i went to
school
with her

she went
to Dalton
too
a couple
of grades
below

she'll
deny it
if i ask
she will
never admit
she's rich
i know
her sort
hanging
out in Yonkers
in the day
to be edgy
with her

hipster friends

back to 72nd
and Central
by five
for dinner at
the Dakota
with her folks

my performance
must be
conveniently
close
to home
for her

the world
becomes
hazy
blurred

the audience
look
better this way
they look
like
they go on
forever

a wave
of well
spoken whites
washed up
across
central park
to be drawn
out like
the tide
when the show
is over

when i become
mainstream

faceless
fans are
howling
frenzied
cheers
for more

they
want
the encore

i am
to live
up to the title
on the fliers
i sent out

i will bubble
away
as
legend

a temporary
titan for
a tidal
generation
of would
be idols
if only
they had
the ideas
that possess
the greats

like me

my left
arm
is still
leaking
onto
centre stage

but on
with the show

my right hand
snakes up
to the rope
hanging above
my head

the bucket
it has been
attached to
rocks a
little
perched
on the
rafters
like a
vulture
waiting
for its
moment

i

pull

the
rope

swiftly

a
sheet
of
clear
water

descends
like
a bursting
bubble

hits the flesh
with hissing

i do
not
scream

as sulphuric
acid
helps
me
become

in

famous

it
strips
my tan
from my
flesh
from
my
bones
like
paint
thinner

smog
rises up
like vapour
after
a storm

its thick
like cigar
smoke
smells
like burning
bacon
and
French
caloungue

the American
flag
is fused
to perfect
pecs

i feel

the
colours
that dont
run
betray their
vows

run away
run off
washboard
abs
in the
Niagara Falls
of  my decay

it feels
like
I'm
in
my
wet
room

thanks

to the lines
backstage
that have
made me
superman

i am superman

i am
the Great Eroder

Eroder
Erodes

slips
down
into the
plug hole
i had
set up
before
i arrived

to be
sold
by the gallon
to my
fans
when i
become
nothing more
than
myth
and bone

the labels
read
'Liquid Legend:
the Great Eroder'

they will
think it's
cool

it's too
repulsive
not to be

i am
a god
to them
pure(e)
rebellion

a suicide superstar

Hotter than Hunter

Cooler than Cobain

Bigger than Jesus

the crowd
are still
cheering
when my eyes
give way
burst
like blisters
in the sulphuric
tears
i shed

the tears

the tears

are happy
tears

as i drop
to
my knees

cheers wash
through
me
wash
a smile
across
the wasteland
of my face

no lips
left
for them
to notice
it
but
that
doesn't
matter

they love
me

they really

love me

Saturday, 5 January 2013

Pop Culture Darling - By JLG Clift

I am
Bad
For your
Heads
Hearts
Minds
Homes
Schools
Cities
Worlds

My words
course through

art
(eries)

veins

honeyed
venom

bad thoughts, catchy tracks
from a fish hook
mind
catch you on
the bated lines
dripping the vibrant
scent
of rebellion

seductive to a touch
but is lava beneath
it's
cool

polished
complexion
feel your flesh stick
to it
try to pull your fingertips
back my words

hang on

your mind

hangs on

I am not

right

not wrong

i am somewhere in
between you and i
we are together
we see things

they'll ever see

you and i
are gonna live
forever

if u buy my new record

you will be with me always

if

you buy my new
record your love
for my hook
as it sticks in
your mind
tears your cheek to
tatters

post it

post your love
on youtube

and i will love you

come to my show
and i will show you
love me
as i love myself
on stage

wear shades

all of you wear shades

so i may use your eyes
as mirrors of my success

run my hands across my
flesh
touch, rub, feel my
moisture between
my tighs
wrapped in lycra
beads at first
then turn to streams
 as i chant
autotuned hypnosis
to millions

it streaks my
'natural complexion'
but it feels
too good
to stop

see my platinum
pendulum
keep to the
time of my hips
as they rock
to the rhythm
of my success
and music's

demise

i don't care about
music
it's all about
the price tag

and i see myself
in you

in all of

you

we share
an interest
in materials
we are all
magpies
you are
no different
from me

and soon
your eyes
will become as
black as Cole

like mine

i am a musician
worship me
i am success
worship me
i am

hedonism

i make myself
feel good

i am sex
watch me
fuck you
pay to get fucked by me

I'm great

I'm loud
I'm so loud i can
be heard
on every mp3
every TV
in every club
on every radio

around the world

pay to get
fucked on i -
tunes

sensory over
blow my load on
stage
head rocks
back, eyes
close
over

the crowd love it

my orgasm
is the collapse
of culture

watch it all
plummet
like hailstone

watch me dance
in the destruction
under my umbrella

you'll all go GaGa
for my new 'song'

in stores Monday

Forever yours
Forever your goddess
Forever you're
 mine

lick the heel
let my words
penetrate
your bodies
you're wetness
feels delightful

you want me
don't you?

of course you do
why wouldn't you?

i am

bigger than

Jesus, Simon told
me so much that i never
knew

I am his
creation.

Pop Culture Darling

i'm Pop Culture
Darling

I am created,
i am all
production

become lost
in the seduction
of this production
as the DJ
drops the pin
on the latest
chart topper
panty dropper

get naked
wrap your legs
around your speakers
let my number 1
vibrate through
you
ride
me
my tongue laps
at your body
mind
through
the sound
corrupts
you

so good
so good

grind my sound system
just like you've
seen me do
on MTV

Like this
Like that
Like this
Like that

Just
Like
That

There it feels
good doesn't it

pet?

Friday, 28 December 2012

Venus Geneticus By JLG Clift

Delores
 is
looking
at
me
lusty
lithium
eyes
rest in mine
for comfort

to enchant

smoky in
colour she
is part
of a fantasy
i have
had since
i first
had
her

all those years
ago

She comes
from
a time
before
my life
now

her name
is

Delores

Evelyn

Eryx

Venus

could not
touch her
beauty
as she
lets her

Furs

roll off
crushed velvet
shoulders
as fair as
milk
but golden
in the warm
glow of the
Art Deco
lamp in the
corner

the black
Wolf's
skin
tumbles
like
a
waterfall
down the
flawless
face
of her
white
satin
back

so innocent
she looks
new born

furs
reach
the ground
beside her
school bag
and rustle

curtains
at the
opera

i take her
in
the light plays
off
her
strawberry
blonde
hair

in a bun
but unfurling
as
black chopsticks
are drawn
from

it

flows as

tinted

ink

cascades
down her
breasts
traces
hardened
nipples
surfs
over
her shoulder blades
as she arches
forwards

and
slides
her fingers

painted

streetwalker

red

over
the body
that
will always
belong

to me

the way it has
since we
met in
Sicily

all those
years ago

she
looks
so innocent
so innocent

but she
isn't

not any
more since
we discovered
uncovered
each other

reunited
in a
Roman
Cafe

17 years
after
we had
met

we became
lovers

her
fingers
mani-
cured
call me
to the
bed
to cure
me of
my ills

my idol
Delores
falls
once again
into
the

blue velvet

duvet
of the
room

her body a
feather
helpless but
to ride the
wind of
primal
desires

surrenders
her body
to
mine

She is
fan
tas
tic
every
thing i wanted
the best
money could
buy her body
is softer
every time
i feel it
skin tastes like
she bathes in
honey as
i tongue
perfection

head clamped
between stockinged
columns

china white
Delores
is
innocence
incarnate

but
she is
Venus
Eryx
always
when i am

here her
primal groans
echo through
the hotel room

I've kept
the lights on
to see her face
my family are
back in the apartment
on the
Upper East

I will
take the limo
when
I've
had my fill

of purchased
paradise

we are lost
to this feral
fantasy
our bodies
tangle
on the covers
feel her moist tongue
tease my
neck
as she pants
and
i grunt

time lapses
my lives
merge in
the outrage
of this
climax

her nails
rake down
my back
like the parting of
curtains
as i itch
her scratch
kiss her neck
just to hear
a last
youthful moan

tickle my senses

trickle through
my ear

something to
think about
with Sarah
later

i was a younger
man when
i met her
first
but she is
ageless
youth
forever

she will
always
look the same
to me

and

i love her
like

my daughter

in the smog
of a Chesterfield
Delores
picks herself
up and
puts on
her school
uniform

a word
hangs
twitching
between us
as the

Dada

dangles
in the lobby

'can we do a
different
scene
next week?'

'of course we can
Delores'

a gang of
Benjamins stretch
out from my
hand
in a money
clip and grace
her palms

'i'm not a real
hooker you know? You
don't have to give
me this'

'your my girl
Delores, i can't
have you
out there
penniless'

Venus Eryx
smiles
approves
and her hand
takes the clip

'see you next week
Dee'

we feel
warmer
than before
in the
glow
of
mutual
satisfaction

leave the room
sly smiles
all the way back
to our
lives
between
living

we only know life
in this room
in the excitement
and the discovery
and the sin

Taboo
always did
turn me on

i see it's

Genetic

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Channel Child By JLG Clift


My little brother
he knows what's
on

He's my families
TV
Guide
Never lost with
a remote in his hand

like Columbus
he has discovered
a new world
but has never left the house

skin is ashen
he looks like
a victim of
holocaust
but he
doesn't mind
he has his remote
and his wi fi
and he feels

free

his hair is oil slick black
so greasy it
changes colour with
the channel

what do u
want to watch
Joe?

his eyes
used to have
colour
but now
they are dull
when not lit
by HD

he never draws the blinds
but he sees Sky
every day
his face is
brightened by it

he knows all
about Peppa Pig
and Hackgate
and genocide
and Rastamouse
and the rich list;

Deadly

60
women raped by this
man
he tells me

'horrible, horrible'
he quotes Bill
Turnbull like
firing off
scripture

my brother is

5

years

 old

he knows more
about this world
than i ever can

a Guru for the
Naughties

his knowledge
is

universal
generational

omnipotent
within the church
of the Watershed

He is
an
On Demand
Disciple

this is not
of our world

this is
the stuff
of dreams

dreamt by
Murdered
Murdoch
minds
and sickly
Fox(es)

A transformation
is occurring

His ears
begin to merge
with our set
become antenna
to keep contact
with the world
outside
his TV

add breaks
my brother
tuts

they are like
fliers in the

Bible

to him

i want to enhance
signal Joe

my brother is
Set to be like this
forever

he doesn't care
for school, he does
not care
for anything
but TV

he sits, cross legged
a skeleton child
his skin so thin
like white tac stretched
over the bones
pinned at
the joints by
moles and
scabs.

I've watched the box
suck the
flesh from
his bones
over
the years

channel
by
channel

who am i
to stand in the
way of him
and his church?

he is a Child of
these Channels

he is
lost

without them

 i can enhance the
signal Joe

my little brother
rocks forward

i saw it
in an advert
for

Virgin

thoughts
collide
with a shattering
that rings out
on Breakfast
as his head
breaks the
fourth wall

sparks kick out
gilded
fireworks
in celebration
of the

Prodigal
Son's

Return

as the screen bursts
around his crown

a halo in faltering
clarity
as Jerry clouts
Tom with a
shovel

no sound is heard
but the picture remains
replaced within
a moment

by nothing

for nothing

fractured panes
hit the
white rug
a patch work of arterial
red in
hunt of the
images

but they are
gone

and the blood
slumps
disappointed
as gravity
rakes it down
the shards

the glass catches
the scene
and reflects

all emotion
absolved in it's
apathy

blood is boiling
in the
surround sound

i hear it's last
static stutters

'viewer digression
is advised'

it
cries
coughs
chokes
dies

his head
smolders in
the set
like tar

A Virgins red

Sky's blue

combine into
purple sludge
crawls down
my brothers
neck
shoulder
blades have left

cheeks
forehead
skinned

skinned
by the screen
held in place

it pins tissue to the lilac
flesh like it's
holding up
an

unfinished
garment

a would be
masterpiece

could've been
a masterpiece

My little brother
he is what's on

He always
wanted to
be
in TV