PART TWO OF A FUNERAL TRILOGY

DEFAULT SETTINGS

sarcasm back then

in
the
side alleys of bikes and plywood

was
my 
vocation
trade
lifeboat
default setting
base root foundation

and it had no home
in 
the
constipated dining room air

proper shoes silent
on the hoovered carpet

before

funeral



UNCOMFORTABLE ACTORS

the vibe
could not
be weighed

it 
was 
like
a half-dozen half-written plays
mashed
together
by
the
sideboard

at once saturday afternoon
and monday morning

and
the
actors
pulled
from
comfort

to improvise cautiously

like
god
was
actually
watching




LONG BLACK CARS

tension at once
ebbed and grew

when
the
long
black
cars 
came

but
movement
always
helps
things

and journeys are cocoon

pic from commons.wikipedia.org

FOUR POPS

we 
live 
like a row of terraces

invisiby different
till you go inside

look each other in the eye

and
dont
lie

~

its unusual

its night

i am awake inside the opiates
and
i
am
full
of
love

for you all

~

i write without drink

no
one
has
ever
done
a harder thing

ever

~

the footlights now
are
made
of
a
nuclear glow

the actors
confused & desperate
can
only
carry
on

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