Dirty, Happy Fingers

by Paul Tristram / August 7th, 2016

Smudging chaotic, charcoal fingers
into bottle bottomed half circles,
dust blowing the debris away.
This paper foundation
is a perfect platform
to skyscraper her imagination from.
To glide like an ice-skater,
ballerina pirouettes
and ‘Ta-da’ flourishes.
You can keep your still life
and bowls of fruit.
She’s adventuring through art,
mountaineering
the sheer sides of miracles
and abseiling with perfect
pitch and control
through the daydreams
which flourish at the heart of herself.

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, August 7th, 2016 at 8:04am and is filed under Poetry.