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letter to spring
letter to spring / michael kwack
in a wind
there's a scent of spring
i've passed the winter away
in a far place alone
but only hours of emptiness
and got to write letters now
the last confessions
to me and others
then to meet the spring
in complete quietness
Thursday 25th February 2021 11:05 am
Confession
Forgive me father, for I have sinned.
It has been eighteen years since my last confession.
My hands are trembling
Forgive me father, for I have sinned.
In these last eighteen years, I have failed.
My eyes strain to see in the dark.
Forgive me father, for I have sinned.
I am a compulsive liar.
I feel my stomach churn my breakfast.
Forgive me...
Sunday 3rd January 2021 12:33 pm
Queues
Jimmy would stand in queues
he had nothing better to do
it helped him pass the time
busier than any church pew
he might pick the odd pocket
at girls rubbing and grinning
on Saturday go to confession
confess to a vicar his sinning
mam told him to wrap up warm
made sandwiches for his belly
strange folk he met in queues
impatient grown up and smelly
...
Monday 7th December 2020 10:46 am
Confess
A piece of my yearning
was lost to the churning
sound of a life laid bare
inside the confessional.
Seated beside a lost pirate
of the human race,
stealing unwitting souls
selling my skull and bones
to the undertaker for the
price of my wretched sins.
A reprieve for my soul?
Well, at least, that's what
he promised to me.
I had my doubts and
left him fingeri...
Thursday 5th September 2019 7:09 am
You Are My Priest
Is it not the beads you count
Is it not that blessing
Is it not your seated position
on the far side of the screen
It’s here I come and spill
twisting myself as rope
endlessly unknotting
a constant confessional
And through the cracks
behind the mesh
I feel your furtive eyes
licking my salacious lines
Dear reader
you are my witness
you are my priest
Is it not the way you br...
Monday 24th June 2019 8:12 pm
A List Of Things We Buried In The Garden
A List Of Things We Buried In The Garden
- A photograph of better times.
- An empty bottle of scotch.
- A well thumbed copy of ‘True Crimes’.
- A useless, broken watch.
- Seven bottles of little white pills.
- A pair of latex gloves.
- A folder with a thousand bills.
- A bunch of dead foxgloves.
- The broken vase they occupied...
Tuesday 9th April 2019 11:42 am
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