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Berlin face off
I was standing on the pavement My fingers cold and stiff The phone loose in my hand It’s job done Directions good. I saw my goal Iconic and cool Lines clean against the cobalt rise And then a blue Familiar friend Caught my eye and As I bent Towards its light I saw my life…
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Rocking
I crashed and burned today, my body just refusing To move the way I wished it to, I stopped and pain ripped through. My friend appeared and so I asked For help. She did, of course. And so I glided home A passenger all tucked in tight But weary to the bone. My partner saved…
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Scan
How do you become a real poet? How do you get paid to write rhymes ? Do I quote intellectual- Would that be effectual? Or am I behind with the times. An agent? A slam night? Try open mic sessions… I’m serious but there’s no exams like professions … Pay hundreds to study? Or will…
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Sage words
How much farrow and ball does the world really need, When will we be too too tasteful? Will all the dives Become too gentrified, Will all that’s bright become hateful? The march of the neutral, the hoards of the taupe, The mouse ear, the off white, the bone. The urban landscape will melt into one…
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Flat
My cat lies so flat she presses the soft the soft presses down And somewhere the soft becomes hard And shoves back out And my hand pressing hard spider steps inch from me tiny shapes Such big shouts scratched out here Hard to hear If you are near tho You can see through See me…