Dig

by Paul Tristram / August 7th, 2022

… the very first afternoon
of my seven day bre/ak…
away… from ‘Writing’
[of any DESCRIPTION!]
… and I discover
Naum Gabo’s sketch
‘Design For A
Construction In A Niche’.
Fuck Off Universe!!!
… there are syllables
slipping slowly down
the backs of my arms
… whilst my BRAIN
is doing its “I WILL
‘IMPLODE’ First…
Before Scattergunning!”
thingy… in Technicolor.
I wanna bite my way
through the tender skull
of ‘Imperfection’
and dwell [Slightly]
upon the Uncomfortable
… but, I let her
build a solitary boat…
out of my SILENCE
… and Six Of Swords…
her way from
the ‘Butcher’s Table
of my [Self] ‘Excavation’.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, August 7th, 2022 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.