Next Art Project/Beginning Of A Fresh Cycle

by Paul Tristram / January 14th, 2024

… I interjected the word
‘Spectrophilia’,
whilst, you yawwwned,
and you immediately
grabbed at your crotch
with a fleeting gesture.
Don’t you dare
do your ‘Eye’ thingy
on me… or I’ll stop
being ‘Playful’
and get all ‘Serious’.
Do you still sleep
with the window open
slightly?… nice…
I can’t, there were
complaints… from
neighbours gone to dust.
Oh, give over… God
made her do nothing,
the Devil neither
… it was her ‘Loins’…
they’ve been in charge
of ‘Everything’,
all the way back to
those ‘Village Bike’
[messy] teenage years
… overshadowing her
‘Brain’… that little
chestnut is still stuck
in Life’s ‘Dunce Corner’…

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, January 14th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.