STILL LIFE poem in selection of poems on various topics and themes, including America, Japan, Malawi and Guantanamo.

This STILL LIFE poem is part of the Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online.

The collection includes school poems, city poems, nature poems, war poems, cancer poems, death poems, and, additionally, other poems, assorted poems on various topics and themes, this being one of those other poems.

Webmaster for this site is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.

STILL LIFE

Sits on his bed with his five mates round him,
Fresh from the pub,
Pissed as a fart.
— Jeans down on one leg
And I got it up her,
Going great guns,
Then the vodka hit. So I gave it a slap,
You should've seen it leap.
Three times —
Grins; I won't yet say a deathshead.

Copyright © 1978, 2003 Hugh Cook
May be photocopied for classroom use

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