Friday, 22 October 2021

IN THE GRILL OF A RUSTY CAMPER / SOLID LAST WORDS




it was almost a deathbed confession
i had always wanted to hear one
& he had always wanted to give one

but there was no bed
its was blacktop
going red

& the confession
was all shock & nonsense

he laughed when i told him

laughed blood & bubbles


~


can you smell that ? 
he asked me
its my sadness burning

i gave him a nod
i gave him a smile

his yamaha was on fire
in the grill of a rusty camper

it was that we could smell
my singed-to-nothing arm hair


~


solid last words achieved !
i said
high five ?

we did a low one 

sirens licking the firmament  







photo - Camper from the Dagenham Archive



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