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Spider
eight limbs lower so small and afraid,
a two limbed child chases your dance,
dragging their feet and fate to you,
but your step to a web is slow,
to small to catch the beat of their murder,
might they show mercy and turn it down?
for you to dance in silence.
[2020]
Monday 28th September 2020 11:57 am
Photographs
in the room full of camera’s
unexposed photographs turn,
they do not stay still- how they breathe
to blur the printout- this memory,
you could not memorise- make new,
find another clear and clear your
mania from here, your camera,
stop pondering and pausing
for a better shot, searching
for the glare that will not give,
you cannot paste a glowing prism
to stick your...
Tuesday 5th May 2020 9:45 pm
I Want To Hold It Close
That scenic chorus paints pride blended tears
as suspended droplets thrum euphoria
those watchers notice, its nuance foreign.
They’ve never heeded- never recognised
the harmony befriending delicate words
that welcomed wrung emotions on inches.
rare colloquial feelings pouring traces
left to the table.
The playing record that tugs at my arm
to appear closer, pulling at ...
Saturday 28th March 2020 4:00 pm
Being Human Version 2
Perfection, a leaf stemmed
the art that bore a false familiar,
on that eager tree, tokens
fall like confetti birds swooping
cawing the monologues loud,
low down that traced path moves
with every step it scrapes feet
orchestrating flaws like song,
above nature watches deeply
depicting renditions
in their crumpled mass, all rust
falling so fast from branches
touch...
Thursday 26th March 2020 12:08 pm
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