Pete Spence
You're on Your Own.
quick! get breakfast done
before the birds wake up and steal it
or the dew melts and washes away the street
then when you are finished throw
your dishes into that piranha-filled puddle
and as the first shattering experience of the morning
becomes an echo dash into the details
and mouldy distillations pictured here as now
or the latest shadow wrestling with sinus
ignore those particularly ugly clouds collapsing
the scene and its detours eclipsing decision
"this way up""open other end""keep left"
when you get it wrong the boulders applaud
they are sophisticated enough to make dust
you happily take up sneezing in the wake of a cloud
from this moment on your guide is preoccupied
with sleep and you're on your own
Skywriter.
i look up
and see
a message
today the sky
is a very fine blue
well thanks for
the information!
i take up a brush
dip it into some
dirty grey paint
start painting clouds!
start painting clouds!
Pete Spence was born in 1946. He is a poet, visual poet, and filmmaker, and has worked in various jobs to cover the ongoing deficit.
He is currently retired from work but not from any of the above.
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You're on Your Own.
quick! get breakfast done
before the birds wake up and steal it
or the dew melts and washes away the street
then when you are finished throw
your dishes into that piranha-filled puddle
and as the first shattering experience of the morning
becomes an echo dash into the details
and mouldy distillations pictured here as now
or the latest shadow wrestling with sinus
ignore those particularly ugly clouds collapsing
the scene and its detours eclipsing decision
"this way up""open other end""keep left"
when you get it wrong the boulders applaud
they are sophisticated enough to make dust
you happily take up sneezing in the wake of a cloud
from this moment on your guide is preoccupied
with sleep and you're on your own
Skywriter.
i look up
and see
a message
today the sky
is a very fine blue
well thanks for
the information!
i take up a brush
dip it into some
dirty grey paint
start painting clouds!
start painting clouds!
Pete Spence was born in 1946. He is a poet, visual poet, and filmmaker, and has worked in various jobs to cover the ongoing deficit.
He is currently retired from work but not from any of the above.