#penknife
Our names carved,
With a rusty penknife,
Into the bark of a random tree;
Just words on paper, really,
From me to you; and you to me.
May 2, 2019
May 2, 2019 at 3:27 AM UTC
Quickly he picked up
keenly examined
and seemed to admire
the handy penknife
with sharp blades,
quite functional,
she hurriedly pulled out
from the clutch she carries;
she was searching
frenetically for something
when it inadvertently
showed up, she deliberately
didn't pay attention
to his expressed curiosity,
yet her eyes adequately
answered his loud
unasked question.
In words he didn't ask WHY?
though it echoed in his eyes.
Mar 14, 2016
Mar 14, 2016 at 7:32 AM UTC
Hannah and I
lie on the grass
by Arrol House
she shows me
a penknife
her father'd brought
home for her
a thin bladed one
with a white handle
it's in the palm
of her hand balancing
it looks good
I say
that's not what
Mum said when Dad
brought it home
Hannah says
what did she say?
I ask
Whit did ye brin'
'at haem fur?
she said
what did your
dad say?
nothing he pretended
he was deaf
and just gave me
the knife and went
and sat in his armchair
and read his newspaper
how do you understand
what your mum is saying?
I'm never sure
if she's being angry
with me or if
that's just her
being nice
probably the former
she's seldom
nice to people
Hannah says
she puts the knife
in the pocket
of her skirt
and says
where we going then?
we can stay here
if you like
I say
lying in the sun
and talking
o sure
and have my mum
peering out
the window at us
saying
whit ur ye tois
up tae?
I fall back laughing
what's that mean?
it's what are you
two up to?
Hannah says
no let's go
through the Square
and get an ice lolly
and 1d drink
and look at
the cheap shop
on the New Kent Road
so we up and go
over the mental fence
and through the Square
and go buy
our ice lollies
and 1d drinks
and I wonder
as we walk
what her mother
says and thinks.
Jun 18, 2015
Jun 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM UTC