The tree was rotten, dying. Sometime in the autumn beetles had nested beneath the bark, and from there an infection had spread that poisoned the sap. It was only with the onset of the spring, when the leaves sprouted brown, and fell dead to the ground in the first wind, that we had any indication of a problem. Of course, by then, it was too late.
The same was true of our marriage, and I left soon after Easter.
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Notes:
1. Written on May 1st, 2019
__________There was a boy
driving round the park
in a small
electric
car
Round and around
at a speed so slow
he’d never
be able
to escape
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Notes:
1. Written on May 1st, 2019
__________I had a dream about cats
and going to the special cat park
where all the stray cats live
in nice little brick cottages
which look like human houses
except they’re only six foot high
Non-stray cats are allowed in the park too
as long as they’re on leads
And people are only allowed in if they’re walking their cat
on a lead
or two cats, on two leads
or three on three
and so on
up to whatever the theoretical cats on leads limit is
But I didn’t have a cat
because I was catless
so I had to watch from outside
through the railings
I bought a postcard from the shop by the gates
and a magnet for my fridge
and listened to the stray cats sing
and watched the non-stray cats dance
which they all did
for an hour
at dusk
every sunday
Once it got dark they locked the gates
and everyone and their cats went home
And who knew what it was the stray cats did then
in their houses
in the dark
in the park
where the stray cats live
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Notes:
1. Written on April 15th, 2019
2. and based on a dream
3. I had
4. about cats
5. Also, if you set this to music, it should probably be to this music
i used to go to hundreds
of sites
across what felt like the limitless expanse
of the world
now i look at twitter
half heartedly
for twelve hours a day
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Notes:
1. Written on March 24th, 2019
__________The cat
licked the tears
from my eyes
and the blood
from the hole
you left in my heart
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Notes:
1. Written on March 18th, 2019
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