Jul 2019
If I want
flour, water, yeast, and churned cream
I’ll consult a dictionary;
If I want
a loaf of raised hopes which she spread thinly with the charity of others
I’ll read a novel;
If I want
unleavened lassitude, greasy with the guilt of neglected privilege
I’ll write poetry.
flour, water, yeast, and churned cream
I’ll consult a dictionary;
If I want
a loaf of raised hopes which she spread thinly with the charity of others
I’ll read a novel;
If I want
unleavened lassitude, greasy with the guilt of neglected privilege
I’ll write poetry.
‘Always be a poet, even in prose.’
- Charles Baudelaire
- Charles Baudelaire
