Poetry

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Once upon a rodeo

 Jesus I've had it with this

Acidic bullshit

The pale sky is crying its armagheddon clouds

And weasels are popping into their

Holes

Lancaster bombers dropping on Dresden

And I see what I have become

One whole

One pinched like salt

is

To add flavour

To take off an inch

Cut corners

And cut out the moon

Give it to me

Whole on a silver spoon

Look at my fat life

Given up all the ghosts

Of strife

Given up for dead the altar of tomorrow

I can't keep it

Can't walk the line away

From sorrow

Always fall in the gaps

In the pavement

Jesus I used to be

agile, good at hopscotch

Now it is more likely I limp

To the post box

Sending my letter of thanks

Saying thanks for the life

We had

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