Tuesday 13 June 2017

SMALL BIRDS AND SLEEPSIDE DREAMS



small birds

new starlings

come out the apple tree
three at a time

and treat the lawn 
dense with clover
like

Homebase OAP weekend sale

~

could i be one
one day
and know what
to do ?

when to gather fibre
how to build ?

and
when the best time is
to shit on the roses ?

~

and the cosmonauts tranquilisers
came in vegetarian capsules

brought -
gift of rest
that regular oblivion

and
i
dreamed
i
was

beacon
in the big big sea

half light house half roman god
in levis
hoody
and
nike airs

oceans lapping at my doubleknot laces

~

and
the
new birds

small starlings

well they hatched
with a shopping list ready

i am on the back step
i look for the lizard they used to be

realising again
how uncomfortable it makes me
that 
they
have no arms

and if their wings
are really 
an adequate payoff




Image result for birds with arms

from kottke.org

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