Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Robert Verdon, #212, balsa days


on holiday waiting to die

moon a      white plastic button,
scuttled balsa days
lemon-free and
empty as
cuttlefish,

afternoons on the money coast,
fried dace,
     Saturday sea,
stinking grass jelly swamp,
raindrops of honey
descending
like
banjo
notes,

creeks of brassy mucus,
terracotta mornings      in aquifer minds,

all these days       beads on a necklace.


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permeable veins of gold
stone croft days on the scarp
wet jungle shoes and knee-high socks
Airtex blankets
Aero chocolate
Airfix planes 
silicon lifeforms

nail polish remover
puffball planets
     moored to tossing buoys

dam-busting dreams and a damp sheet

all these days       not a good time

never again.

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