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He is not the killer he used to be

  • 18 August 2015

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Pb– Shelley said    'the sunlight claps the earth    & the moonbeams kiss the sea    what are all these kissings worth    if thou kiss not me'    she describes what she sees    a crow on a wire on a cloud on the sky through the glass through the lace through the mirror by the bed    her foot is dead    blown up black as a doomsday balloon & propped on a cushion or two    soon she will heal & she will get up    go forth like a bible a trespass a tree    he is not the killer he used to be    {drainpipes-tankards-bullets-fuel} but her every lover her filler of dreams her kisser of broken& bruised    she watches him through the pills    o puffer of pillows!    o swimmer of air!    o bringer of cups of tea!    she misses him when he leaves    whispers to foot that when she re-covers she will love him for ever & ever    but now he is heading back down the stairs & she stares at his absence & then at foot & murmurs look! a crow on a wire on a cloud on the sky through the glass through the lace through the mirror by the bed    the sunlight claps her head                                

describe what you see    a room    a life    moonbeams kissing the face of your barely-there wife    we are soft & grey in our natural state & date from Roman times    we illuminate all the glass of Chartres & are battered & beaten into shape as easily as a dog    how we hammer & hammer against one another until the seam is hid by our dream & this dream is unto perfection    arise-arise-arise-arise    you hold my hand & yes I get up & walk    there is no greater thing    we spend our days in double magic isotopes    mouthing the words "miracle" "miracle"    try to describe what we see above the sad trees    a ban on marriage by the European Union    a deadly divorce from all solder    a fear of a future that kills us both sometimes    but still this