neon light take me.
neon light baptise
me in wealth and
stuff i don't want.

city take back your
impulse to understand.
i don't want to know.
i don't want to know.
i don't want to know.
i don't want to know.
i don't want to know.

heh

i held the breeze in

between my breasts.

i took the threads of

every item of clothing

i own, and pulled them

all apart, to tie back together

to make a string long

enough that i could

take the moon from

the sky and place it

between my thighs.

i took every hushed 

moment in all of history 

and implanted them in

my ears to calm the 

rushing noises of the

sea. all to make my

self ready for

myself.

source

one

i kept my failing
promises that fell
through my patch work
roof. call a thatcher,
i think i've gone rouge.

too liberal for my own good.
trying to fix myself like i'm
a leaking tap, but i only
leak when i watch kid's
films with touching endings,
and i haven't got any papers
to tell me i am able to build
anything that should stand. so

i tried to fix everyone else.
that backfires every time
like an old car, so i know
in my most hidden and secret
cupboard that i will just stay
inside and knit myself back
together, with patch-work
thread and dulled buttons.

because what else can i do?
i can not fix the world or
anyone else, and for me
to try, would
be ultimately futile.

source

i jumped ship
to receive, i left
the port behind, to
buy more port on
the way home.
every time you
fall into my eyes, i
fall into yours.

i make these things
with my hands that
were made to touch
you, that were made
to hold you. i hold you
tight to me, i hold your
skin against my skin.

i kept my tongue clean
while you are away,
and when you were away
i kept my lips soft and
i keep returning to the
feeling of elation at the
end of an extended
period of separation.

you sit inside me, and i
sit inside you, and when we
are away i miss you, but
i know that two days
and my mouth can
skip along your neck
again with ease to
know you are here.

and this makes existing
sweeter than any berry
i've ever eaten.