Somewhere
A pin is falling,
Dropped from a
Seventh floor window,
Tumbling end over end,
Puncturing the pregnant
Void.
Somewhere
A shark is drifting
Within the dark depths
Of the ocean,
Its great tail
Propelling it towards
Oblivion.
Somewhere
A man is sitting
On a wooden chair
Staring at a faded wall,
While pondering silently
And eternally
Alone.
The daddy-longlegs skitters nervously
Through the morning air, coming to rest on
The gleaming tiles of the bathroom wall.
The hand begins its solemn arc of
Blurred perfection, fingers splayed
Wide in instinctive recognition.
The impact crushes the fragile skeleton,
Extinguishing a temporary existence.
The brain registers a pang of mourning, but
Sadness rapidly fades with the urge to release
Some shit into the municipal [...]
rain spits
on the cracked
fragments
of another
day
the streets
slither under
a sweaty
sheen
lights reflected
in rippling
mirrors
blink
with the tread
of
footwear
or
the nonchalant
splash of a
passing
car
blurry faces
emerge
and
disappear
muffled voices
rumble
in the
background
Vaulted arch of sombre stone,
Stare, endlessly stare.
Leaden sky of bleak perdition,
Loom, wearily loom,
A solitary figure deepens the gloom.
Faded shawl of threadbare green
Hug her sobbing shoulders.
Flapping skirt of brazen tartan
Clasp her legs, so white and bare,
The wind whips her flailing hair.
Patient car of sheltered blue
Admit her to your metal tomb.
Ashen life of pale regret
Take her from [...]
Fumble for words which don’t exist
Your tongue stuttering like a twisted
Machine-gun that kills innocent children.
Fumble for some coherent thoughts
To brush away the cob-webbed dampness
Of that vast and agile mind.
Fumble for a group of worthwhile friends
To clothe your naked solitude
With garments that keep you warm.
Fumble for a hurricane lover
To stir your silent seas into
A vortex of [...]