Sunday, October 22, 2017

Kristen de Kline #160 Three days ago (thanks to Rob. S)

I
I'm sitting across
from the Devil

he's got the knife
I have a wooden spoon

we haven't seen
that sun
each other   
the moon   
for months

my lawyer carries his priors
on a yellow post-it note in her palm

when she rattles off his guilty pleas
he's feeding the parking metre

ten minutes late and five rows behind
he watches the projected screen 

my upper lip     twitches   
the heart     doesn't work

like it used to


II
animals 

pigs on the wing    floating

between chimneys
at the Battersea Power Station
flying over Heathrow

do they speak in tongues
do I listen to their lies

animals


III
in the dock I'm holding a silver knife
touching a wooden spoon

the pause
between the charge
and sentence

neither of us can sleep

is    longer, drawn out
more than any piece of string
hashtag  #why I stayed
heavier, than the
thumping, beating
treasure
buried deep


IV
blue sky
that sun
what goes around

sky blue, little fish:
it's coming for me

the lawless
walk out
into the light











8 comments:

  1. petitioning the dreamcourt
    all whom I've wished are here

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    1. Actually Rob in keeping with the 1st person it should be my lawyer (Legal Aid for the lawless!)

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    2. I see. The Split Subject
      "the lawyers mine carries his priors"
      Dear Kristen. Hoping it goes well
      (I'll get back in my box now)

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  3. Legal Aid on a band aid, something fizzy then pops. I love the lawless chronicles, and the bouncing off of you lot - all walking out into that light

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    1. Yes James - Legal Aid on a bandaid! Glad you're enjoying the lawless chronicles. When they're finished I'm thinking of a Pre-Lawless series lol :)

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    2. Ha. When they're finished. But before they are, I'm thinking that a lawless collection would look good on the bookshelf, as it tries to slip away from the ones on either side of it.

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    3. Absolutely Rob - a lawless collection on the bookshelf for sure! And a collection with a collection of lawless poets too :)

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