the words Disappear Here
fling themselves across your windscreen
throw their arms around you
flicker on an electrified billboard
a crushed bulb
quarter of a kidney functioning
a faulty globe
an irregular heartbeat
It freaks you out
a bit, a lot:
Disappear Here
chalk silhouettes of bodies
litter the asphalt
palm trees
shadow the highway
bodies trees bodies
taunt, tease
bite the back of your neck, longingly
tango wildly
don't sway in the breeze
don't blow in the wind
in the corridors of Ward 13A
five bodies watch out for Nurse Ratched
sleep don't sleep
call out to Sister Morphine
up the dose
up the dose
in the corridors of Ward 13A
nine bodies
sleep don't sleep
in linen cubicles
what do you expect public hospital at least we've got a good view of the river
Gospel songs wail down the hallways
samosas smuggled in from the local Indian
can't stand the song on his ringtone
why isn't it on vibrate
dying to go home have a joint Winnie Blue cup of tea
want to throw his mobile out the window
can't stand the song
wanna go home
disappear
here
wow, great stuff! love the pacing, the pulsing force of it, the breaks, the tension and the images
ReplyDeleteThanks Efi - glad the pulsing tension of disappearing has come across :)
ReplyDeleteI love the shape of this poem, Kristen. Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah - always fun to play with form and shape:)
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