A BURN TO BE COOLED by Bradford Middleton

The burn kicks straight on

Down and the inevitable

Glow comes on quickly

Tonight.  I’ve poured it

Big and it’s smelt oh so

Sweet but the burn of this

46% suggests it sure ain’t

For the faint-hearted.

A little beer just to take the

Sting out my mouth and

Another little smoke and

Then i’ll be bang on it,

Draining it all the way down

Not caring that there is

Work tomorrow.

Bradford Middleton, sadly, still lives in Brighton but last week he had a nervous breakdown, quit his job so who knows where he’ll be if you ever get to read these poems.  You can do 2 things to help; first, buy my book, out now from Alien Buddha Press, or two, contact me if you got a spare room or a million quid to spare.