My writing desk My chair A slap to the face Fingers running through my hair I will words Which refuse to appear I will That which I will always fear That only the quill knows how to be sincere Unbuttoned shirt A battered sternum Under the hurt The heart Blooms the poisonous laburnum Beating like a drum I insert the quill Holding in Until it's had its fill of yellow ink I do not think but write Numbed but the words appear alright I repeat until the flowers pass their bloom And blackened fill the room My throat is dry My writing desk is wet By my laburnum blood and sweat Time to rest To sew up my open chest To sleep and in the morning feel again Anatomical garden Quill pen