"frogged" poems
just finishing off monday
sarah woke up not groggy
this took practice
time for a coffee
banana granola greek style yogurt
quietly on her phone alone at home
perched on the sofa
a thought strays back to heartbreaks
heaven slips on it’s loafers
on time she quits lipsticks and ties coat
fluffs the hair
smiles
clicks down the stairs
she sounds attractive
tight and a skirt
smart tasteful coat
button’s no broach
appropriate
down the stairs and out the door
outside brain makes it up
all the same mornings
tunnel vision
work
down the street there’s magic
rays of it spot through sodden clouds
searching people
one to one to one, looking for Sarah
both violent and divine
Sarah weaves the street
walking not the fastest
used to like the rasmus
doesn’t think of coffee
maybe what’s for lunch
then the sky oppressed her
vibrating darker than death
shock from eyes of lightning
for a moment buildings glitch
they lag fade and stutter
people stop and blink
they fear, look up for another
sarah feels a cold
heartbroken and lifeless
the world gets lower
slower
time’s flipped in a crisis
screaming colours from their fleeting faces
seep into her jelly legs
then her skin it turned to water
body a puddle
a gloopy goop of eyes and blubber
some hair on some putty
sun on her frogged eyes
one falls down the gutter
everyone chokes on a splutter
it most seldom expected
the day Sarah randomly melted
Sep 15, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 at 11:06 AM UTC
I want you secret
I want you night-time
I want you in-between
I want you mine
I want you eyes wide
I want you six o'clock (and seven o'clock and eight o'clock)
I want you with the radio low
I want you in dusty sunlight
I want you with cracks on the ceiling
I want you Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays.
I want you leap frogged and running with feeling
I want you long and drawn out, and short and frenzied
I want you asleep and in transit
I want you awake and drunk and dancing
I want you whiskey and moët and brandy
I want you electronically
Pathologically
Dynamically
Chronically
Ironically
I want you silent
I want you wild eyed and raving
I want you hating and spitting
I want you lost and needing
I want you without regret
I want you argued and making up
I want you ***** dishes and rain against the windows
I want you July blue sky, November harvest moon
I want you 'I do'
I want you first kiss and last
I want you babies and children and promises
I want you future I want you past
I want you secret
I want you night-time
I want you in-between
I want you mine
May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 4:20 PM UTC