When the Dogs Bite

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

19th November 2025

ghosts of the past

PG Chimps and Lorraine Chase

old TV ads

On the Overcoming of Fear

No more will haiku issue from this pen

I am no more an angry piece of trash

who though polite outside will seethe within

and burn my lover's poetry to ash.

No longer shall my wilted smile convey

acceptance of the trials that come this way

if thy home be chaos, I'll not come another day;

if I desire thee to depart, then I will say.

This shift in thoughtful patterns, I have thought

occurs in part for I, intensive train

in the methods of defence I learned and taught

and suffered many injuries and pain.

If though insulteth me I make no threat

but if thou lay a hand, thy'll find regret.

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

18th November 2025

ukulele tuning?

G D E A

dammit

The Folly of Confidence

Worm's Head, a rite of passage for the Gower,

when low tide brings the causeway into play

where careful scrambling for many an hour

to reach the outer head by end of day.

And back, of course, but through the middle part

one can take the gentler route around the pools

I chose instead to cross the jagged sharps

that walk against the sky above the fools.

I step across a pit a meter wide

that drops down thirty feet to raging sea

but lose my footing and fall deep inside

and crash upon my back, and broken, be.

I'm sure I'll be alright and be found soon

before the ocean rises with the moon.

Monday, 17 November 2025

17th November 2025

A Palmer moon

set against Bible black

Orion's Belt

What the Journo Asked:

How doth thou judge thine own successes?

Is it by wealth or by domination

over the lives of others; or messes

left in the shattered trust of a nation

who trusted thee to make them great again?

In emulating Hitler's policy

thou hast sowed a seed of lasting pain

and forgot a lesson told by History.

Six hundred thousand lives died by thy hand

when thou with just a signature denied

HIV vaccinations for the land

through Health Fund contributions for World wide.

Amassing billions by crypto schemes

and the abuse of girls still in their teens.

Sunday, 16 November 2025

16th November 2025

someone's house

late Hallowe'en décor?

or early Yule?

Now Sacrifice Him.

The story of Abraham and his wife

from the fairy tale known as the Bible

where Skydaddy tells them to pack up their life

and follow his plan for survival.

When they got to the compound, Skydaddy said "Look!"

and points at the night dark of sky;

Abe laughed: "We're old as the hills, FYI."

SkyDaddy was right and the pair had a kid

whom they named Isaac 'He who will laugh.'

Abe chucked out, Ishmael, the first son he did

born of Hagar, the maid of his wife.

I'd like to point out, for the Latter Day Saint,

a license for your paedophilia this ain't.

Saturday, 15 November 2025

15th November 2025

fly tippers?

Please leave your name and address

thank you.

Soft pitta, warm pitta

little slice of bread

soft pitta talks to me

inside my head

Man in a white coat

says I need a rest

Pleasant little padded room

and nice, tight vest.

I do not like this constant rain

I do not like it. Not one bit.

I do not like to sneeze and cough

The rain today can just fuck off.

The Patriarchal Genesis

The man at the door with his suit and his wife

in her best Sunday dress on a Thursday

asks if I've found his friend Jesus in life

or if Satan has got in the way.

I asked if he'd lost him, 'cause I hadn't seen

an Israelite Jew around here,

but Chesterfield has become racist and mean

to immigrants, tourists and queers.

He gave me a Watchtower, said I’ll be let in

if I recanted my lesbian style

I pointed out haircuts were also a sin:

his god preached misogynist bile.

He went up the drive at a bit of a pace;

her three paces back, with a scowl on her face.

Friday, 14 November 2025

14th November 2025

David Hoyle right

about two kinds of people:

"either nice or cunts"

Patriarchal Genesis

When God made Adam and his second wife

(and let us not talk about the first one

of whom he complained for she ruled his life

and became the Mother of Demons Anon)

he said they could eat anything at all

but to avoid the tastiest fruit.

And Adam said, "Sure, for I am Your thrall,"

but Eve said "Fuck that, for mine is that loot."

She smiled at the angel who just pointed out

that God was controlling as shit

chose to find Knowledge and learned about Doubt

as into the lush apple she bit.

Thus Eve is the hero of Biblical Tales

who chose to defy the manipulative males.

Thursday, 13 November 2025

13th November 2025

postman

handing me a small package

Cookie attacks

The Slingshot of Maryland

This corporate army takes money from

the poor American populace

for medical expense but give not one

jot when denying claims to save the face

of company execs. Brian Thompson

killed at New York's Hilton Midtown.

The bullets two, with one ejected by the gun

which together said 'delay,' 'deny,' 'depose;' shot down

by some bloke in a mask and jacket. Poor

Luigi Mangione had the will

to visit the Big Apple on the morn

the United Healthcare CEO was killed.

Brian made his fortune by denying claims

and Luigi is our David to Goliath's games.