January 2012
3 posts
WatchWeekly Poem No. 3: Immortal
I M M O R T A L
I will take your words and make them more permanent by writing them down. Others, who do not know you, will find them in years to come and wonder at your stupidity.
WatchWeekly Poem No. Two: Headphones
I’ve put on my headphones for the walk it is a short walk but I want to listen to something on the way: I’ve made some music.
The headphones are the kind that block out all external sounds. Until the music comes on it is like I have my fingers stuck in my ears: my head is full of my breathing and my footsteps.
I like hitting things: instruments,...
WatchWeekly Poem No. One: Skull.
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with eyeballs floating in sockets ivory teeth pink tongue and soft brain
I’m becoming aware of my skull the one wrapped in my skin my thinning hair my beard my muscle and my blood
If I touch the skin around my eyes I can feel the shape of the holes they rest in
this head with entry points of mouth nostrils and ears
knowing under this...
