Bestriding the cliff’s great precipice
talons stained red with elephant flesh...
Near the woodland marsh,
desperate pleas gargle...
I wrap myself
in cotton compliments...
You’ve spent summers
in servitude, hearing only...
Part of me
wanted to steal...
I
When I saw...
I remove my washable
face-mask and guiltily gulp...
Calmness
Stillness...
You wielded your tongue like a dagger,
it cut across my teeth...
The moment
you stop visualising...
A snake hangs limply from a
knotted branch, its...
We rest our heads together
amongst crisp packets and empty tins...