[Keeping You] Behind The Eight Ball

by Paul Tristram / December 17th, 2023

[Slimy] ‘Blandishments’
to the BRICK WALL
… presented to your
[Selfish] Sense
of Entitlement…
you are not so pretty
when you fucking Lose.
‘Inveigle’ away…
I never tire
of Rewarding
… ‘Manipulators’…
with enigmatic Silence.
Their ‘Faces’
… when [Finally]
realizing… that…
they were actually
following ‘Bread
-Crumbs’ not leaving
‘em… towards… ‘Me’
… and my… game
-shattering, no-arguing
-with, end-of-story “No!”

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, December 17th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.