*Worm Moon sets
How impressive is the jay
as it leaves no echo in the sky
these eyes search
but have no luck saved up
my focus switches
I watch the clouds passing
to work out the planet’s speed
it is very fast today
the disquiet in my stomach
is not motion sickness
but swallowed moonlight
it wriggles, soft like steam
I have eaten the dead for breakfast
their language and songs
their superstitions
now each one
pinches inside to make my outside pink
candy-floss coloured feathers
so I may rise
in the fresh air
higher than the jay
leave a trail
so others can find me
sleeping on The Moon
/
Thom Boulton
Poet Laureate for Plymouth (2016-20)
Event Co-ordinator for The Deadbeat Hotel (Live Events)
www.thomboulton.com
Original descriptive choices, succinct, nice smooth arc. I want to read more by this writer.
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