images
self conscious Japanese doll
flips him the finger
as his eyes linger
seconds too long
neither right
neither wrong
now just another image
in a song
Edward Snowden
downloading
files on to a hard drive
day to day
in fear of tomorrow
wanted dead or alive
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images
images
images
young man in full length prayer robe
and expensive Dunlop Green Flashes
hand in hand with girlfriend
sporting pink mohawk
and colour co-
and Johnny Thunders
blunders
through yet another song
not even realising
he is playing it wrong
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images
images
images
in her Chelsea Market
vintage ruffle-
laughing in the corner
with all the other guys
he wishes his eyes
could listen
and then perhaps
he would
learn the score
and not lose sight of her
as he has so many times before
and Johnny Thunders
he doesn't give a shit about the mix
only of his next fix
only of staying in tune
with a needle and a spoon
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images
images
images
young woman selling him The Goldfinch
makes fleeting eye contact
as she realises
he has just clocked
the hastily wrapped bandage
around her wrist
his mind jumping to conclusions
of a simple twist of fate
as they both silently wait
for the change...for the change
recollection
cadaver collection
another grim procession
of dead bodies
carried on bamboo poles
to mass graves
as the waves...as the waves
continue
to pound the shore
friendly French hippie girls
selling cherries by the side of the road
encouraging me to
get out from under this burdensome load
of everything I have just told them about you...
our emotions in perpetual motions
a prison of expectations surrounding me
a summary execution
with your finger on the trigger
and I am meant to figure
just like that
everything out?
when
you doubt
I doubt
everything we say to one another
emotional exhaustion
throws caution
to the winds
how to make amends
when anything I ever say offends you...
delayed not late
delayed not late
on the A22
preoccupied
preoccupied
with these images images of you...
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the red propellers
Lee Nash -
James Nash -
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