Saturday, January 30, 2016

Sarah St Vincent Welch #30 around 3am





around 3am

           stumble stair switch three hour of the wolf howl ache
nights lost clock trick found night tick face face tick in in 
between eclectic light lights online LED on up working make
list list baker's kneading arms blades machines mist of flour
sticky yeast change gears nodozing ward-tread clang clatter
nightfeed draw down soften hard breast past wonders old 
life rhythms two shifts of sleep evidence 3am up doing it yelling
over neighbours' fence she decanting poems sings them throws
back booze kicks up a dance writes the letter a cockatoo stroll 
outside about snuff candle pulling on a pipe but this this shifting 
night now it’s lonely around 3am screen sit familiar as a cliché 
right as night is lonely this hour this hour of the possum travels 
ways not sought by me 






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