for PATTAYA TRADER 246 (H)

FROM-RAGGY-JEANS-TO-OFFSHORE-RICHES?
"Think of fortune and not only fame !"
is often the rock and roll band game.
"We can make money as well as a name
and on the record company place the blame.
Play the young rebels, say we're not tame,
on the road to fortune and fame.
The record company will think the same.
We'll both be playing the one game.
I used to be an anti-materialist
but to ultra-capitalism find I enlist !"

HIM-INSIDE-HER
Raging hormones,
erogenous zones,
are under her skin.
Contained within,
almost in her bones
just like him !

IMAGIC ?
Turn water into wine,
walk upon the sea,
you can in your mind
if you can't physically.

Not from another time,
no magic Christian be.
Go do in your mind
what you can't do bodily.

FREE-FISH-FOR-SEABIRDS-SURE
Yes there on a pier down south
a seagull stole - almost in his mouth -
the sandwich he held in his hand
and flew far out from dry land.
It got a tuna sandwich free
as it might many fish it finds at sea !

VERY-JADED-DJ-JIM-PUMPED-UP-
MORE-THAN-THE-VOLUME-YES
"Watch that girl on her trike.
When old enough to ride a bike
round the BBC, with a flat,
Jim'll fix it, you can bet on that !"

LAYING-THE-LADIES-LOW-WITH-THEIR-
ROARING-BAND-SOUNDS
Imprisoned inside a hotel room,
drink and drugs the destroyer.
Music turns to moans and groans
while girl-fans gather in the foyer
and down in the street below.
Boy rock band becomes the voyeur,
noses to the window pressed,
viewing girls only half-dressed.
Tonight the fans will be caressed
with loud sounds from these fellers.

GIVERS-ARE-RECEIVERS?
They who share
can only despair
at those who don't.
It's not those can't,
it's just those shan't,
yes it is those won't.
Some give too much,
some gain too much.
Takers with little care.

FOR-HARD-AND-SOFT-HEARTS-NO?
Shake, yes shake
the rose-tree of Blake,
let the petals fly
pink and soft
as Cupid aloft,
wary of the green eye
of cruel jealousy.

THE NO-GO GRIDLOCK SNAKES
Through the city centre
the motors slowly snake,
get into a gridlock,
yes put on the brake
for a far longer stretch
than tail to gridlock neck.

YOU SO DRAWN TO
Yes like the bear to honey;
like the swan to a lake;
like the moth to a flame;
so to you lady find I take.

OPENING-UP-WIDE
The poet seeks
to expand his own mind
and many others
as to mankind.