Showing posts with label dust. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dust. Show all posts

Friday, 17 January 2020

under the pictures


[[ "they" is someone undefined, indefinite, unlikely, impossible, discovering the remains of the last of humanity huddled in our tunnels/caves ]] 


if they come for us
they will come for us
down in the tunnels

maybe they'll find us
what is left of us
under the pictures

we drew on the walls
pictures of animals
running for their lives
from us 

if they come on us
bones and dust of us
down in the tunnels

let them laugh at us
all that's left of us
under the pictures

we drew on the walls
pictures of animals
running for their lives
from us 









Friday, 3 May 2019

buildings coming down


here, a slice of steel and glass 
a sky-high stack of offices
a mirror sixteen stories tall
to check your teeth for greenery

buildings coming down [[ pause... ]]
to the seashore
buildings coming down 
to the sea

look, a building knifed in two
a bathtub hanging in the air
this is how the joke plays out
when we are old, when we are grey

buildings tumbling down [[ pause... ]]
to the wrecker
buildings tumbling down
to the sea

the sigh and the shrug 
of a building facade 
melting suddenly 
into the sand

the crack and the roar 
of the air between us
turning suddenly
into a cloud

[[ it might be about aging, or urban renewal, or terrorism ]]


Tuesday, 8 January 2019

hello world



we'll climb 
Dynamite Mountain
and light the fuse

we'll get our faces 
floating
on world news

we'll be the first eyes 
to see
the invisible half

we'll burn our way 
home or die
and still laugh

ancient Apollo 
computer just big enough 
to write hello world

show us the secrets of dust