Stay Gone

by Paul Tristram / June 11th, 2023

She is building a cute ‘Cleansing Fire’
… whilst, he is busy
fucking someone new…
who he feels absolutely nothing for.
‘Emotions’ are several streets away
from where I’m situated… and,
I’m about to start walking
in the complete opposite direction.
The phrase ‘Division Of Assets’
makes me twitch somewhere other
than my [Mocking] face…
I smell FREEDOM… at long last…
and ‘The Universe’ owes me
lots and lots and lots of Make-Up Sex!
I never say “Goodbye” to people
I am quickly leaving the fuck behind
… I simply ‘Smile’ widely…
at every single step forward I’m taking.

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.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 11th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.