#174 - two poems - the uses of a star & shellfish

24.6.20

174

two poems

the uses of a single star

there’s take a breath around

close enough think Icarus

but Pluto is too far

come clouds

shine moon

and sometimes hide celestial bodies

all sorts of in-itself delight

deserts and the shining sea

the entrance to the burrow

the whole of the invisible spectrum

and there’s the period table

mainly though light as a feather

and the squeaky funny voice gas

send up a balloon

your face in this light

every flesh enfolded

shelter

furry friends – our run!

swing low sweet chariot

little landings everywhere

to otherside the dark

wrack hurricanoes

roll around, pass go

a cockle warmer, this one

really your sine qua non

and leaf collect

turn windmills

how otherwise could consciousness

for instance ever

and thermonuclear catastrophe

(imitation’s highest praise)

of course they’ll wear out

and take you along

but weren’t we bright

before?

till then?

say

where’d you get that twinkle?

it’s only very very far

here’s a salute to this one

a reaching for

and rocket ship

there are so many still

the shellfish

one felt

(nervous system)

had a feeling

that was that

was no room for more

or anyone else

one was different

and that difference done

someone trod the eggshells

they might have been cut glass

couldn’t put back together

or squeeze the golden goose back up

wanted it both ways at once

a hunch and that was a wrap

alright to be shellfish

who wants to be caught?

flag raised

that was a red rag

fell off the back of a truck

here’s a crowd falls in behind

someone said ‘witch’ and they burned

all the evidence we’d ever need

old tricks were up to someone

can’t you just leave a question alone?

had a heart once

went under the roller

someone was thoughtless

is as to say

not a care in the world

it was

me me me

all the way home

one knew

and that was all we needed

had to be the truth