i keep writing
these poems
in 4/3/4
i don’t know why
but my brain
just will not stop
configuring
all my thoughts
into this form
tiny little
faux haiku
drifting away
a cloud of thought
barely formed
a ghost of words
miniaturised
groups of sounds
shorn of meaning
so anyway
here they are
you have been warned
***
#1:
no one loves me
even though
i think they should
***
#2:
i cannot breathe
with your hand
upon my heart
***
#3: (a dream)
the octopus
grips my arm
like a lost child
***
#4: echo
a delicate
dust shadow
revelation
***
#5: autobiography #1
i spent a pound
on some sweets
and ate them all
***
#6: unanswered question
what difference
would it make
if i smiled
***
#7: remembrance of shaves gone by
i keep looking
at the blood
trickling away
***
#8: self realisation
what is the point
of all this
with no-one here
***
#9: autobiography #2
watched the football
it was shit
yet i’ll watch more
***
#10: lunch
this glass of milk
has a fly
dying in it
***
#11:
i don’t feel well
anymore
and nor do you
***
12: yes
i am having
a breakdown
in poetry
***
#13: autobiography #3
it was busy
in the park
i ate some chips
***
#14: it is happening again
its so windy
all the bins
blew down the road
***
#15:
his twitter posts
came and went
and went and went
***
#16: email
it’s possible
i missed it
not ignored it
***
#17: book #1
the book was good
i liked it
i read some more
***
#18: book #2
Thus Were Their Faces
was the book
i was reading
***
#19: book #3
its title
did not quite fit
breaking all the rules
***
#20: autobiography #4
covered in ink
from leaking
cheap broken pens
***
#21:
I was offered
kind advice
Frightened, I ran
***
#22:
sometimes i try
to escape
the bounds of space
***
#23: autobiography #5
my headphones fell
on the floor
they were alright
***
#24:
wasting my time
as if it
means anything
***
#25: autobiography #6
the plastic bags
jellyfished
across the park
***
#26: FIN
if i could die
it would be
quite the relief
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Notes:
1. Written between 6th and 8th August, 2019
2. It’s okay I’ve stopped now