nivek

nivek Nov 2024

rattling here today
a tongue lolling out the side of the mouth tomorrow

nivek Nov 2024

some have their opinion constantly broadcast
almost deafeningly so
but it fades like all opinions with a deathbed rattle.

nivek Nov 2024

there is you
and there is
the you
that is seen
in public

nivek Nov 2024

some make gossip their main business of the day
living for the next supposed scandal-
just so long as its not themselves talked about

nivek Nov 2024

spies are everywhere
when you live on a small island

you are passed from lips to lips
- a tasty morsel of gossip

nivek Nov 2024

spun into others stories
in various characterisations

fable and factual
a ghostly mind apparition

and yet I go on living
my own best testimonial

nivek Nov 2024

say what you will
whenever you want
however you want

but heading toward silence
should give
pause for thought

the sleeping kind and the dead and gone kind