supposition
the final act of parting
is not so different to how it started
anticipation waiting for intervention
the first / last contact eyes
smile touch
first / last consummation of something
parting escape
or desecration
or
both
absent
the sea spreading out
distant
olive silk
but
it took him
and
so it is the beast
home is not a poster with your face
your
age your height & weight
missing since . . .
volunteers crunching razor shells
backdrops of grey-blue
pennines like
God
distant / massive
incomprehensible
high-viz theories roadside cafes
must be gay
loner
perhaps stressed at college
bullied by the fuckers
crazy
/ irrational accident?
toast arriving runny egg
slurping bitter coffee with dishcloth tang
Paul
Robert Mullen is a poet, musician and sociable loner from Liverpool, U.K. He
has three published poetry collections: curse this blue raincoat (2017),
testimony (2018), and 35 (2018). He has been widely published in magazines,
journals and anthologies worldwide. Paul also enjoys paperbacks with broken
spines, and all things minimalist.
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