Friday 29 September 2017

THERES A CEILING FAN IN A PALE WOODED RECESS



again
the dr wont help
and
i limp away from the clinic
joints
only
half
on
fire

but whats that anyway
in light of what the sunshines seen ?

and cos of course theres
no cabs
on this 
small thin land

its commuter o clock
school run time

and i limp on
joints
only
half
on
fire

~

i go in a cafe

i get coffee

i sit deep inside
the morning radio chatter
and
the extractor hum

happily a nothing

a no one

new in here

~

and so then this guy comes in
hes jolly as a sand boy

i not seen him for 15 20 25 years
not seen him
since the mall days 
of 199biscuit o clock

he worked for free
on a care in the community scheme

we sold white goods
flatpack bookcases
luggage

and id lose half the morning
saying no geoff
not there geoff
over here geoff

while geoff laughed an infectious laugh
and tickled all the girls

till he was
told to stop

~

he sits a table away now
clapping like a seal
waiting on fresh fish

hes tapping on the waitresses forearm
like its bongos

he gets sausage and beans
tea and toast
with a crisp new tenner
and
laughs to himself

funny secrets
only he knows

shiny elbows on the table
new trainers crossed underneath

i pull my hat lower

what would happen if i said
hey geoff
long time no see ?

i dont tho

fuck no

~

i write him down instead
and
it
calms
the
needles in my fingers
and 
the 
spikes in my head pan
and
dims the colours 

sands down the shine

and all this cafe . . .
its like a vessel
and
seems somehow underwater

~

its full length window
has a high street view
of
all
the
skinny jeggings
and
gelled waves

everyone with an oblong
in their hand
out on the fucktown pavement

and i know horribly that
all their orifices 
are only clothes away

and i cant tell
if im in the aquarium

or they are

~

and theres a drone in here

like
from
heavy
ships
screws
far far above

and the ceiling fan
in a pale wooded recess

turns inevitable and obvious 
turns dignified and modest

keeping
the
morning
machine
together






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from khgfabrics.com

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