I am a man in love with your youth
I labor I sweat but may I still
propose?
Think me crazy why not? lead me on
why not?
like it was is my only description
I’m watching a boat sink in dark waters
I’m under the clock the archway a crow
cawing
Shoulder to the rose sniff the wheel
I gossip from my mouth to an angel’s ear
Laughter & love sink down among you
bewitched by the glow of disbelief
Waste not shade and filter
disappear with the fate of nations in my grip
In a waltzer’s prison I learn my lines
imagine a land of casual invites
It is ordained the stuck pig will live
forever
giggling waves drown then sleep
About John Grey:
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in New World Writing, North Dakota Quarterly and Lost Pilots. Latest books, ”Between Two Fires”, “Covert” and “Memory Outside The Head” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in California Quarterly, Seventh Quarry, La Presa and Doubly Mad.
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