Row upon row, I saw them, instantly, ‘I did’,
shuffled bodies bulged past me, they ‘did not’.
Fingers, lived to touch, light dim in part,
not here, spotlit, it said “Do not touch”,
how can I know? Disobedient held
up in my palm, angling my hand
this way, that way. It happened then,
our grey blue pupils, like full stops, clung,
I did not know it would be a memory pocket.
A sentence in time snatched my happy face,
fear bought me. Under my skin, groping pins
pricking the base of my neck pushed into my skull.
Spun, bumping bodies smelling of beached waves,
hard gulps, sweat caught in between my fingers.
It was time to tie up loose thoughts, forget
I pushed away with speed, in a strange place,
street, shop, where was I? Where are you?!
By your side in safe sofas, I hand swung
down the banister, released the bolt,
safety catch hanging...and gone....
Apr 11, 2013
Apr 11, 2013 at 8:21 AM UTC
Row upon row, I saw them, instantly, ‘I did’,
shuffled bodies bulged past me, they ‘did not’.
Fingers, lived to touch, light dim in part,
not here, spotlit, it said “Do not touch”,
how can I know? Disobedient held
up in my palm, angling my hand
this way, that way. It happened then,
our grey blue pupils, like full stops, clung,
I did not know it would be a memory pocket.
A sentence in time snatched my happy face,
fear bought me. Under my skin, groping pins
pricking the base of my neck pushed into my skull.
Spun, bumping bodies smelling of beached waves,
hard gulps, sweat caught in between my fingers.
It was time to tie up loose thoughts, forget
I pushed away with speed, in a strange place,
street, shop, where was I? Where are you?!
By your side in safe sofas, I hand swung
down the banister, released the bolt,
safety catch hanging...and gone....
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