NEON SIGNS

 

The Signs of the times

Guardian, The Times

News of the World

Day of the earth

Sunday Times

Midnight editions

Digital renditions

Mind games

Political bloopers

Satirical daily features

Underneath his shadow tree

The beggar sees what he wants to see

He dreams of what he dreams to be

What must be, must be

Like me, be me

Neon signs tell of love and life

Wives and children

Signs of the times

Under the dirty bridge

He whistles a sad dirge

Poem of hope and whims

Darkened tasteless creams

He screams now

Shunning the colour of all things

The colour purple turns to blood

The stark road is made into pins

Noah’s rod waves in the air

Yet no one seems to care

The Dove has lost his way

The vacant seat stares at him

The emperor and his new clothes

Neon sign at the end of his rainbow

Bow ties that choke and choke

Pot of fools’ gold at its end

Food parcels that have worm filled holes

Red robots that do not stop

Signs that mock and mock

Severity of sound gavels

Drivel that wind up and down Foolish Street

Court of jester clowns

The sign stands in front

Driven to his face:

No Job

No Love

No Life…