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Jul 2022
WOKE UP IT WAS A CHELSEA MORNING

I decanted myself
from sleep
poured myself into this new morning

this being
the only body I had
I asked the morning to be gentle
"Ha! This ol'thing!"
the morning smirked
plunging me into a passing moment

I dive into the skin
of the moment
at one now with Time

"Hey..howaydoin'"
smiled a second I hadn't seen before
gone...before I could even say hello

my sleep self
feeling naked without a dream
adopting to this human realm

"So, here we are in the actual!"
my sleep self yawns at the world
"Well, didyaevah!"

I engage in conversation
with my legs
we indulge in the first step...next step

I put on the world
like a greatcoat that don't fit
Life smiles at me

my sleep self still
gossiping with my awake self
"HEYWATCHWHEREY'AREFUCKINGGOING!" screams a taxi

birds write themselves across a sky
or sit like notes
on telegraph wires

one bird flies off
another arrives
the music changes

I rearrange my life
around
( your absence )
Donall Dempsey
Written by
Donall Dempsey  Guildford
(Guildford)   
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