Combine-harvester of the year

COMBINE HARVESTER OF THE YEAR

SERIES 1

had too many holes. also, that year,

that was the year my son lost his leg in the gulf

once it's off, it's off.

we couldn't afford any kind of replacement so

now all he does is mope around and look for

any prostitute that will have him.

most do

i'm still so proud of my son

SERIES 2

more popular abroad, didn't have the accessibility

of the first. tended to break down a lot.

my blades were weakened after going through a queue of

people. not fit for farm use, that was definite

i think it was discontinued

everybody lives by the seasons

and a wrap of wind across my head

stones me into oblivion for a second

and bursts my ears

everyone's full of shit in the cold

and they have to hold it in, solid

because of the time of year, forced smiles

are always seasonal, and i enjoy them

while they last.

finally and firstly, i sit on a cold block

of stone and freeze my legs. i go into a house

i know reasonably well and sit down.

a japanese family lived here before her

i watched a tortoise eat leaves

i wondered which was which after a while

the tortoise was getting smaller and smaller

losing little green chunks until it was

a wet patch on a rock or nothing at all

but i came back and realised it was the tortoise

disguised as a leaf, eating a leaf

full of holes

eyes in a tear, squeezed out of one mother-eye

cryng gallons out at once

a green eye is spring - a goat is milk