after Mikaela Castledine's Number Thirty
NEW WORK NO LINES
I’ve been
thinking the same
the sense of
keeping a diary
a record
of what is
thought
not thought
written one day
not written
another
Some days there
is new work
but no lines
and you have to
post
You scout
elsewhere
flick pages
scour
streets
eyes on the sky
eyes on the road
on the road again
another record
comings and
goings
The mind takes
journeys
you don’t really
want it to
but you have to
post
so you go there
memories your
bored with
more childhood
stories
hospital gloom
another moment in
nature
a form past its
use-by-date
but you have to
post
You shrug your
shoulders
get on with it
some are words or ideas
that have sat
about for a while
and now they’re
on the page
more grown up
not
always so glum
okay I’ll post
Some days
still
there is new work
no lines
they have to work
up to it
all part of it
this 'getting work
on the way'
better than new lines no work!
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