Another Crack In The Paintwork
05 Apr 2008 4 Comments
in Poetry Place
Another Crack In The Paintwork
Another
crack
in
the
paintwork
and I’m still waiting
expectantly, whilst the kettle boils,
the steam condenses,
droplets forming around
another
crack
in
the
paintwork.
distorted pictures colour the
landscape: leaden, barren, hollow.
glare from the electric light bulb
casting shadows of our former selves, filling
another
crack
in
the
paintwork.
doors were always closed,
windows barred, not broken, but stained.
no resentment as the light flickers out,
for it’s just
another
crack
in
the
paintwork.
Written 2000; edited December 2007
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