it was an accident
i was tearing the wings from eagles
while you caught mayflys
with your forked tongue
try grief so thick
it crawls between your legs
then come home
honey pie
lets dodge
lamps and crockery
like we used to
when it was raw
Comments
You're the blokes' Sylvia Plath, but better.
Suki
Stu, how superbly and succinctly you tell us about the flip side of passion. Powerful stuff.
Paul
hi david
i am quite well thanks, life is immeasurably more enjoyable now my new boiler is fitted and i can no longer see my breath.
the title refers to the phrase often used by victims of domestic abuse. i wrestled with 'it was an accident' or 'i slipped and fell' but decided on the former. the title ties in with the final verse, the dodging of lamps and crockery, back when there was enough passion to want to throw things...
(not biographical by the way!)
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Stu Buck
Wed 1st Mar 2017 11:16
cheers both, lovely praise! i'll take blokes sylvia plath suki! might be the title of my inevitably best selling autobiography.