unpredicted
it fell today
the idea

that the ocean
was just a cloud

shaking out
its wrinkles

in late rain.

first published ‘Our Days Encounter’June 3^rd, 2023 edited by Lennie Cox unpredicted | Our Day's Encounter (wordpress.com)

suck momentum
who were you
in kiss chase

opposite in restaurant
adjacent in concert performance

attractive in candlelight
and bathing costume

for eyesight memory
and longing promises

of feet on the dash

until mortgaged suburban vows
said gone missing

who was i

first published  Maya’s Micros, May ’23 edited Daniel Morgan and Maya highland  ‘The Closed Eye Open’ Maya’s Micros Ed. 22 – The Closed Eye Open

spliff

my father
was a box

filled with
temptations

of poke and punch
or words that teased

in prompts for answers
quickly wronged
or refuted

then requestioned

for answers to quickly routine

as he was a cheese
unready to mature

believing it would
only age him.

first published ‘Impspired’ August ‘23 edited Steve Cawte Geoffrey Aitken – impspired