January Fragments
January
Bleak month
Why do you torment the year
With your narrow thoughts
You are alone as few follow you
January (Veils)
You have never removed your final veil
As your sisters have
I know what lies beneath your modesty
It is not a mystery
Even the most rigid of months
Desires my moist touch
Remove your veil
And adopt repose
January (White Angels)
Are the white streetlights on this lonely road
The frozen angels of God
I have never considered this before
Whilst driving
Inside I am Dancing
Inside I am dancing
But only you can see my rapid shadows
On the hollow stage
An Understanding of Time
An Understanding of Time was watching the electric trains
As they passed his bedroom window
He had designed the pantographs
And was interested in their performance
His wife was named Vector
She had little or no interest in the concepts of time
As she slept quietly in their marital bed
Summerbird
Each morning I search the skies
Hoping that I might witness your return
But you are far away
Celebrating the polarity of the white sun
Hannah Thursday
I have sent six gentlemen to assassinate my queen
This is now the end of my beginning
Hannah Thursday said to her fellow passengers on the train
She knew that hounds were waiting for her at every station
But chose not to look at them as she passed by
Fires Were Started
Fires were started
I could see them burning fiercely
In the decaying mist
Morning was only hours away
And I knew that these fires
Would burn without inhibition
Deep into the following day
I had to make haste and warn my magical friends
The Grey Moon
Havel the poet has returned from the mountains
He told me that the moon was grey
Although I believed him
(there was no reason not to)
I felt that I needed to know more
So I left my home in the valley
And began to walk towards the mountains
Oh Superman
Please do not open your eyes
As I do not want to shame
Your tormented gaze
The Poetry Field
I have not seen you for months
As the darkness shields our engagement
But your warm hand caresses me
As I search for you
2018