the head of the fly
saturday night
lovely raw with it's vomit
the body sees me through the week
sunday got to be grateful to god
the legs of the thing
caked in shit
© Philip Johnson
BBC aware of Jimmy Savile rumours and fears in 1973
Philip Johnson has appeared in: The Ugly Tree; Poetry Scotland, Emergency Verse, Write Away, Caught In The Net, Red Pencil, Writer's Hood, Transparent Words; The Robin Hood Book. Works in elder care.
