4 English Poems From Thursdays Poem by Sheena Blackhall

1. Museum of Failed Products: A List Poem
The Japanese call it, mono no aware, the pathos of things. The sadness of life's impermanence.

Fortune Snookies, (fortune cookies for dogs)
Jell-o for Salads
Ben-Gay Aspirin
Toaster Eggs
Bic Disposable pantyhose
For Oily Hair Only
Multi-coloured Ketchup
Funky Fries, (Kool Blue)
Gerber for singles (Adult pureed Baby Food)
Bald Guyz Head Wipes
Garlic Flavoured Cake


2. Wish-bone
Wishbone, bequeathed from childhood
Dried to a fragile arch in the family stove
Snap- a clean snap

Once I romanticised dead bones
Mouldering into dust like Ozymandios

Have you seen death's horrid face?
Bloating, putrefying
The painted livid face in the grip of rot?

Snap- a clean break
The pyre is clean's a whistle
Breath becoming smoke


3. Rant
Media's the king of Balderdash
Bombast, brainwashing, claptrap
Overhype, vapid
Adverts, their jargon hoodwink
Scummed with veneer of verbiage

Big bosses jump on the bandwagon
Jiggery-pokery junkets, kick backs
Rake-offs, skulduggery
Employees must kow-tow to lacklustre elitism

The God of Celebrity's worshipped
Ephemera's lionized. The fatuous world of gimmick
Of poseurs, of pseudos
And their underwhelming shenanigans
Facebooked, snapchatted, froth


4. Savon de Marseille (Extrapure Mediterranee)
Pure Liquid Soap from Provence
Containing:
Hydroxyethyl cellulose
Potassium
Cocoate
Parfum
Glycerine
Cocos
Nucifera
Tetra sodium EDT
BHT benzyl salicylate
Pure Liquid Soap from Provence