Shut your eyes and see
La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu’il n’existe pas. Baudelaire
Photo by Luis Villasmil on Unsplash
Holding two contradictory notions together
is heavy weather blowing in
god-forsaken, we are, yeah?
Who knows why the wind blows
sahara sand to our shame,
we are just unprepared.
Get back stairs, get out quickly;
a little tired after flying
into a rage of laughs, one eye yawns
at the beauty that passes before us
every day: ignored.
.
Or, maybe, a few frogs in a drawer
jus’aint a joke anymore
just passing the time of day
like Estragon and Vladimir
we are waiting for Godot, we are otherwise engaged,
no money for us. S’OK?
Thanks anyway,
She’s easily upset, Y’know?
All the goodness gone, no decency,
no kindness,
Eric’d be so-ashamed,
it’s got like this so quickly.
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John Marks
Fri 6th Mar 2026 20:40
Thank you Aisha!