Glass Cases

The Boy King

Chattering lines on
the pavement
and tall coaches
roll into the cul de sac
like coffin fish collecting
on a reef.

We're going on a trip!
Shriek sandwiches suffocating
in lunch-boxes.
Your history teachers
flounder painfully out of
culture.
Terribly aware
of awkward t-shirts.

Spears are great
but pots are pots.
A brash gold face is
an eight out of ten.
The good stuff's through here-
A torn yellow eye socket or
a gift-wrapped limb.

The Moon Princess

Come on Carter,
we'll dig up Diana.
Uproot the rose
and strip her.
Prise the wreath from her grasp
for cash.
Pinch her arse
for kicks.