Waiting...
I often think about her
turning away and pointing
she points (always)
from a winning stance
she says
that she thinks about me
or so she says...
I think of her push
and shove laugh
and her fingered arguments-
I was wrong
she was (always) often correct
and as we crawled into
each other's wet laugh...
we waited...
and she waited longer.
word...
Monday 28th October 2024 11:42 pm
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Saturday 26th October 2024 8:51 am
Taking the Knee
We clap some Blacks,
we clap them Blacks,
tho' we mow those
others shacks
and dish out smacks,
we clap them Blacks
and forget those whacks
and their blistered backs
and hands that pick the
music tracks,
and then we clap them Blacks
them stand-up Blacks
but not them bent over blacks
for earning all your stacks
of dirty cash
and maids we lash
and keep from dash
yet we stand and ...
Sunday 8th September 2024 7:32 pm
I Never Sleep
When
looking at you,
I never sleep when
counting your breaths,
I never sleep when
watching you dress,
or serving a dish...
or writing a report...
when choosing a wine...
or turning a page...
and sitting astride...
waiting for an answer
then folding your arms and
then pushing toes into me,
sighing at an excuse:
holding my face:
yes, when you are
ho...
Saturday 15th June 2024 4:38 pm
Cats on mats
Cats on mats
by Tommy Carroll
25th June 2019
Wittgenstein says he:
'Languge merely pictures facts'
then changes his mind and retracts;
'It's more complex than I at first thought,
my Tractatus has all come to nought
for there's more to them cats on them mats'.
Saturday 18th May 2024 12:10 pm
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