Summer walks
I walked all afternoon until the sun cracked a thing more fragile than a face
I saw them on their phones always waiting for love
like it was a strange gossip
I've stopped walking to write a sudden thought poem
the thought gets lost in the process
I cross the river and bathe my feet
Writing on the hoof is prone to typos
I watch tourist map to there destinations
Being alone is a form of temporary happiness
Our futures are wating in the precision of algorithms
I wipe my nose with Kleenex the dam pollen
makes me sneeze a poem over my shirt.
Martin Elder
Wed 17th Jul 2019 22:27
There are some fabulous lines here. Not least
'I saw them on their phones always waiting for love'
wonderful