The Hanged Man…

 

                                  hooded dark
                                  anevermento
                                  on the drop
                                   anevermento
                                   nine o’clock
                                   anevermento 
                                   a faint click
                                   as the lever’s pulled back
                                   I said father I’m so scared
  
                                I know he said and then we prayed

                                  feel
                                  myself
                                  falling:

 

The train pulls in to Central Station and I’m jerked awake.
                                Never find me here, I think.

And later – anevermento unpacked, clean shaven now and in a new collar, I strut down a pier that’s wading out to sea. Blue sky above me, creaking planks beneath my feet when I see

 

 

 

Kevin Patrick McCann
Illustration Nick Victor

 

A new book of poems

Buy at:
https://amazon.co.uk/Still-Pondering-Kevin-Patrick-McCann/dp/1788768671/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Kevin+Patrick+McCann&qid=1581612715&s=books&sr=1-4

 

 


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