Doggerel from a Lunatic

I looked away from the camera

hidden in the phone,

I raised my hand to CCTV

walking home alone.

It was the moon

that made me do it,

and the rain

washed me away.

I watched the bluebirds flying

towards another day,

I heard the mermaids ringing

taking selfies on the bay.

It was the moon

that made me do it

and the sunstroke

yesterday.

A woman looked me in the eye

I looked her in the nose,

she whispered in my inner ear

‘you can wear my clothes’.

It was the moon

that made me do it

and she helped

me run away.

My bed is under starlight

I count them all like sheep,

but while the owls are hooting

I’ll never get to sleep.