Wednesday, 30 August 2017

AN INDOOR SAGA


DIRTY STOPOUT 1

it
was
in
a
blur
of 
exhaustion worry and hasty food

that
i
slid
helpless wilful and unaided

into
the
twilight of exclusion



DIRTY STOPOUT 2

when the phone rang
it was a warning siren

cos
the
whole world wanted in
down the curly wire

i would break out
in a cold sweat
on my bed island

unable to decide anything
at
all



DIRTY STOPOUT 3

it
was
in
a
fools gamble
to
keep time available and mine

that i shut the door fast
after
work

and
mechanically inebriated
my
residue
way
over
the
plimsoll line



DIRTY STOPOUT 4

sunday was a buffer

a condemned ritual
of
baths
and
nothing
and
wine

the emptiest of fields
that my mistakes needed
to
breath



DIRTY STOPOUT 5

and today

well today
i wait for the postman
like
a
child
at
xmas

with only natures hangover

and
the gasman
is coming later

between noon and five

the gasman
is
coming
to
visit
me 



Image result for plimsoll line

from thenorthernecho.co.uk

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