THE HAUNTING
The smell of fresh begonias fanned
by rooks and sparrows
from the black ‘n’ white tiled balcony
glowing in a sunset the colourof lovebites
then the candle-glow dims
in the fanfare of light
you switch on from the hall
filling the frosted door like cancer
announcing another re-run
of a once OK drama
played out night after night
wearing me down with your claims
to what you believe is rightfully yours
Excalibur arm pointing your ways
I’m either paralysed or paralytic,
hard to choose as I’m dumbed down
by the never ending story
of your nightly return mocking
the symmetry of your eviction
which gave me a callous, relieved joy …
I’d put your bags back on the threshold
right back where you’d stood
with your Betty Blue smile
expecting me to invite you in
with a pout and a shout
about that ******* kicking you out
Good God, then as now you struck
fear into the very heart of me
Is it still enchanting?
Do you thrive on eternal return?
You linger, shadow filling in the flakes
With your useless key before knocking.
Stop. You. Again. Shape-shifter
Black strychnine swab
Running through me like a swallowed blood clot
making my emptiness fistula full
Listening to your black-bordered rap
of funeral amazement delivering your message
That you’ll return eery night
to reclaim what you say is yours
buried in these walls like a tic.
Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014 at 6:23 AM UTC
THE HAUNTING
The smell of fresh begonias fanned
by rooks and sparrows
from the black ‘n’ white tiled balcony
glowing in a sunset the colourof lovebites
then the candle-glow dims
in the fanfare of light
you switch on from the hall
filling the frosted door like cancer
announcing another re-run
of a once OK drama
played out night after night
wearing me down with your claims
to what you believe is rightfully yours
Excalibur arm pointing your ways
I’m either paralysed or paralytic,
hard to choose as I’m dumbed down
by the never ending story
of your nightly return mocking
the symmetry of your eviction
which gave me a callous, relieved joy …
I’d put your bags back on the threshold
right back where you’d stood
with your Betty Blue smile
expecting me to invite you in
with a pout and a shout
about that ******* kicking you out
Good God, then as now you struck
fear into the very heart of me
Is it still enchanting?
Do you thrive on eternal return?
You linger, shadow filling in the flakes
With your useless key before knocking.
Stop. You. Again. Shape-shifter
Black strychnine swab
Running through me like a swallowed blood clot
making my emptiness fistula full
Listening to your black-bordered rap
of funeral amazement delivering your message
That you’ll return eery night
to reclaim what you say is yours
buried in these walls like a tic.
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