Poetry and other squiggles

Monday, 18 April 2016

#17 Scrabble Dictionary

Jostled into the parquet corner
Of your dreams of an uxorial woman
I razored my itchy heart
Unjointed myself from our tryst
You never gave an iota
For my quixotry or my dreams
Insisted the syzygy hadn't yet blessed us

Sunday, 17 April 2016

#16 Almanac

Cold and clear
Glory vine
Library
Morning tea
Magpies
Repeated name calling
Blue feather
Citrus
Sugar skulls
Mr. Twining
Taxes
Gender dubious
Movieland Sundays
Wong
Collected leaves
Bishop loses seat
Little children singing
Cockatrice
Where the wild things are
Speakeasy
Helicopters
Drowning
River Torrens at sunset

Saturday, 16 April 2016

#15 Doubles

Humans are meant to come in pairs
We're meant to couple up
But it never worked like that for me
I'm no-one's other half
I'm no-one's better half
I'm no-one's soulmate
And I'm not considered wife material

I'm considered fuck buddy material
One night stand material
Dirty little secret material
Just some chick I met once material

Humans are meant to come in pairs
We're meant to couple up
But it never worked like that for me
I'm no-one's other half
I'm no-one's better half
I'm no-one's soulmate
And I'm not considered wife material

I'm considered too smart for you material
Intimidating, independent material
Feminist boner killer material
Maybe she's a lesbian material

And that's okay by me
I'm a lone vixen
And your opinion is immaterial

#14 Small World

We tell each other it's a small world, here
In our little town

I traded it in for the east coast once
My little town

I came back because I couldn't breathe
I need the Adelaide air

I need Rundle Street in April
When the tourists have deserted

I need the hidden coffee shops
The punk bands and the poets

I need my mates on every corner
The two degrees of separation

Freaks and suits share the sunlight, here
In our little town