Tuesday, October 2, 2018

James Walton #120 atonement in a carmine morning





it might be ice

broken glass rises
from the camber
sharp as a walled camp

aquaplanings

locked treads
in counter curve
lose their algorithm

a condolence of wattle
the forensic lumen black
where primary colours meet

something darker rises in me

leave things be
let the blackberries renounce
the cock’s thrice summons

on one arm, mother
the other triptych, fucker
head forward in a gymnast’s pose

I make the call
the patrol officer
is younger than my daughter

a first death stalls in her throat
a gasp of brandy catching

broken rifles kindling on the slope
atonement in a carmine morning







2 comments:


  1. ah I doubt
    there is atonement
    or restitution
    for the expired years
    the car is an endless war
    and the road
    we fight like fools

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