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May 2018
AND THE WRITING BE OF WORDS

"Who left the **** door open!"
she knowing who ****** well.

"And the door of the icebox too...
...where is that no-good-man!"

A white chicken stood
in the middle of her kitchen

like a miniature chef
clucking to itself

pecking at plums
knocked over on the floor

left overs from yesterday.

"William..!" she hollered "...William!"

"Just wait 'till he sees
what I'll say!"

William lay staring at a sky
he would never see again

a fallen can of white paint
splurged all over barrow and grass

a manic splash of redgreenandwhite
like some stupid art installation.

It was raining.
A SORT OF A SONG

Let the snake wait under
his ****
and the writing
be of words, slow and quick, sharp
to strike, quiet to wait,
sleepless.
---through metaphor to reconcile
the people and the stones.
Compose. (No ideas
but in things) Invent!
Saxifrage is my flower that splits
the rocks.

William Carlos Williams
Donall Dempsey
Written by
Donall Dempsey  Guildford
(Guildford)   
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