Inner
The intimacy of it
has been shelved -
I use the phrase
'side-lined' as well .../
The intimacy of it
has been shelved -
I use the phrase
'side-lined' as well .../
I let the cool air in over the parquet floor -
my temporary mistress for these few hours
before the sun fucks her rude heat
back into our brick and glass box .../
BN sweats under this carbonised heat
as hard-hatted men kick up coughed dust
among those lost floors of Hanningtons -
that now-gutted department store .../
Surface tension
gives water droplets
that almost
spherical shape
A sphere - I was told -
has the least
possible surface area .../
A bare bulb hangs by two wires
over the bathroom mirror
as a reminder of his absence
with that unfinished fitting .../
It has become a confusion
of charity store drop offs -
butted to trim nail bars
and empty estate agents -
and now this English town
has a gaudy tanning shop .../
Hide me away
with a tumble of words
and do not release
the briefest of hugs .../
I have relocated my work desk
We lugged it to the front room
where it hogs the bay window
with the intended long view .../
The local lanes have been narrowed
by the thickening of nature's ripeness
The scabbed tarmac routes are reduced
by the slow encroachments of greenery .../
I used to reset my watch
when flying over la Manche
An engineered engagement
of small clicks and twists -
spinning hours from the east
to Greenwich Mean Time ...