Preoccupation


"PreOccupation"

spiced

cut up poetry
divides 
numbers 

intentional 
drivel moved 
to the side

on a blank page
into neat lines
sucked up

a much loved 
addiction 
novel and short

Pre Occupation 
of all the glossy 
shrouded shrouds

minds spiced
scab picking, their
word salads, tossed

the windbags
blowing braggarts
know-it-alls

blow it all 
cutting the lines
like neat poetry, up

gladiator 
brides 
are us

sucking it 
all up 
like sweet custard

vampire voices 
puck shot
through goal posts

cleansed?
they think they're missed;
I think not

baptised virtuous 
scrabbled 
war torn pilgrims 

the lecherous 
with nothing 
better to do 

watch all 
bride defectors
sign language

look into the mirror

your reflections all
on repeat, the watchers 
all wisened 

move through, 
or move 
through not

they still avidly watch
the time wasting
away 

Pre Occupation
sides and numbers
all blood suckers lost

buried, wearing 
their shrouds
poetry in lines

black and white

cut up neatly
divided 
on a blank page

the sucked up
read all the 
time wasted

lost

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Halloween approaches Vampires,
suck blood and be 
merry






“The meeting commences in the arena;
Gladiators and space defectors 

In walk the druids and the shock troops
In walk the druids and the shock troops

Ringside seats, bird's eye views
Video cameras only tell the truth
Milliards of youths complacent in the eyes
Of their contemporary sleuths 

Witch-wizards sat on cosmic thrones
The new age crowned all skin and bones
The sacred priestess of Merlin The Mage
Opens the book, she turns the page ...”

...

"Conspiracy of silence
An orgy of peace
They're all here from every sphere
From every planet to shake their spears
Divide the lands of the halls of Pan
Painted warlords in their hordes
Asa kings and obi queens
Step from my skull and live my dreams
(excerpt/”Druids”, Toyah Wilcox, 1982)

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Date: 10/15/2023 3:15:00 AM
"Demolition Men"/Toyah Wilcox, 1981.
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Date: 10/15/2023 3:22:00 AM
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Date: 10/15/2023 3:16:00 AM
LYRICS/"Demolition Men", Toyah Wildcox. https://genius.com/Toyah-demolition-men-lyrics
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Date: 10/15/2023 3:15:00 AM
"Calcium deposits grow at the base of a concrete monument. Evolution gives it a brain. Mother nature takes her revenge and runs amok, with the demolition men or the insane. In the labyrinth we grow so thin.We grow protrusions that we can fly and fight in. In the labyrinth we grow guns with bullets in. We’ve all got a game to play, and we all want to win..."
Date: 10/15/2023 2:22:00 AM
"Life in Trees"/Toyah Wilcox.
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Date: 10/15/2023 2:24:00 AM
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Date: 10/15/2023 2:23:00 AM
LYRICS/"Life in The Trees", Toyah Wilcox. https://genius.com/Toyah-life-in-the-trees-lyrics
Date: 10/15/2023 2:22:00 AM
"Danced"/Toyah Wilcox, 1979. LOVE IT. Vintage for gvlm.
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Date: 10/15/2023 2:23:00 AM
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Date: 10/15/2023 2:21:00 AM
"I Want to be Free"/Toyah Wilcox. 1981. Vintage for gvlm.
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Date: 10/15/2023 3:41:00 PM
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Date: 10/15/2023 3:40:00 PM
LYRICS/"I Want to be Free", Toyah Wilcox. 1981. https://genius.com/Toyah-i-want-to-be-free-lyrics
Date: 10/15/2023 1:29:00 AM
"The Druids"/Toyah Wilcox
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Date: 10/15/2023 1:29:00 AM
LYRICS/"The Druids", Toyah Wilcox. https://genius.com/Toyah-the-druids-lyrics
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