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Lights out Take the lights out of this blinking head Deep belief blossom so as to split the shell Spill Drop out and down Sink like ink in an oil tank Put your foot on the break Easily done And if the car swerves Turn the wheel the other…

It’s too hot to run Better to lie in wait Cool water from the machine and at the press of a button tapes from home In a week I submit fifty articles and where are they now? Adrift That’s all my nights fractured with a foreign pulse The kick…

Crushing up the ice for the winter party I used to live for chaos Now with the outhouse I know the sound of a climbing bat How to mow correctly The more frequently you mow the denser the lawn will be Correctly now, she says Well it’s a start,…

Two police people fold bridles into an open box There is a fun fair going on I ask Can a bridle be folded? Hung, yes but you’d want to keep the threads the pieces apart There usually would be a stable girl for that The police may not have…

A T-shirt fell upon me A loose cloak Surprise I love a uniform A holiday for the scattered mind A pack of cards Fifty four floats upon the water Different costumes along the coast state one thing and one thing only Frivolity The day is long It trips and…

Phrases that walk over me seem to do so when I want them to the least In a crowded auditorium a voice says Without your tools you are rendered fabulous The curtain’s hanging More compelling than the stage The conductor is a good one I believe The musicians are…

The bonnet of the car was open Propped up with a branch The oil was done Grapes were bunching on the vine It was just morning I had put on a belted coat to come outside They’re tearing down the building next door she said Twisting at the cap,…

Comeuppance Such an outdated term She flips a switch and the lights come gently on Spot lights on the ceiling A mouth full of pins Focus pulls and the room feels a mall Lit from the inside out Apart from the slight chill our two figures glow There are…

The theatre is closed in the morning but outside is a florist so I watch him wrap stems in paper and twine No gloves on The back of the van is open and he has almost gotten rid of them All the old stalks from yesterday Rings run around…

She’s one to watch Unbeatable on the floor For her full-length replica Words A chance in hell, she says I am entirely cut out for this She tips a bottle to her wrist Her wrist to her neck Ignore the features of the room because the girl’s for the…