1
Courting
We start love-
all.
However it's served,
the fault
begins beyond
the baseline.
2
Theory
Face value
countenanced
in a wink -
a smile bartered
for a wrinkle
in the cornea
of an eye.
Seeing
in the dark
who goes there
knows where to go
and how to mask
the raid.
3
middle distance
A siteless place.
The bimbo's limbo,
here to the rear.
Ahead - unheard -
a woman who laughs
like churchbells.
4
fanciful
Fancy that.
Fancy mere
chatter
& coffee (in
fancy cups)
tickling a throat
& a fancy
like that.
Cups empty
& fancy
full.
5
stress fracture
All along her fault
line, moving
earth
Aftershock
(quake
as a flash)
the broken man
portends
a broken
art.
6
breeding
So
well mannered
she is
manful
she is
on
his
best
behaviour.
7
seconds out
Sexing
the muscle. A cover
up. Cloak-and-shagger
stuff to pussyglut
around.
Sucker
punch. A singular
obsession for a good
straight jab.
To come clean.
Gloves off
for love.
8
sanctuary
Forefinger, and thumb.
The palest pressure
shutters eyes
against the light.
Hide
and seek, the darkness
under skin.
Thumb, forefinger.
Snap!,
Coming,
ready or not.
9
casualty
Limbs outreach the truth
of their extension. Legs up
and overstretch, fingers cock
to fracture.
An arsenal of arms
to service all the world's
embraces.
Hands draw back the cloud
like curtains from the sun.
The body lies
foetally,
wounded.