Jackson

A man on the train I’m opposite him A sagfaced man      who must once have been fat A man perhaps forty      with thinning dark hair      a rough laugh      and a phone to his ear A man in black sunglasses      on this grey day A man whose open shirt lapels      frame a small show      of dark… Read more

I dreamed a large penthouse apartment with that woman inhabiting it The one who expects things of me and then gives me hell about them, mocking me and balling her fists, because nothing is ever good enough for her and because the world hurts her The world hurts her because she expects everything to hurt… Read more

the mother. in the night. the bear mother. a sign. the daughter. fix the air. her foot in mist. a note of rock. when she is a daughter. when her cloud brother. cloud father. when she is a bear. her tooth. her pelt. when we make ridiculous laughter. the bee buzz. the honey. to fix… Read more

And you? You’re a cafe with retro decor On the wall you have a picture of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly wearing that dress showing you something in black and white You know that Audrey is dead and Holly lived only in Capote’s mind Neither of them will ever come in Each woman who comes… Read more

How long, how long, how long, how long, to sing this song? — U2, channelling the Psalmist The music's cruisy     trancy     wordless The father walks away from the mother On the father's hip the baby cries Mamma Mamma The father walks away so the mother can do the workshop On the father's hip the baby cries Mamma… Read more