You Push Me Further + Vanishing Point

You pushed me out

And now you push me further

Today I thought I’d figured out

But now I wonder

What had I done

To so so securely hurt her

Back in my calmness

I expect it really is of no consequence

Not worthy of much communication

No thought that she might hurt me

And I guess the word would be sorry

If I should care once more to point it out

Her tendency to be tactless

She deals it straight not roundabout

I thought I’d reached equilibrium

A balance

A full stop

Such that I could begin anew

Now I see

It was just a vanishing point

A pale horizon of mid-sight blues

A pit stop

For you to let me know

Just how much it is that I am screwed

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Lover Of The Great Outdoors

Sway
Lay a prayer mat
Down beside
To guide you

This tree
Will surely fall
Who but man
Would here insist

A counterbalance
A bench
To sit upon
So near the precipice

Stay
Lay your coat
Down
To unhide you

In memory of John Jones
Lover
Of the great outdoors
Nineteen twenty-five

Up to
The millennium
Often
Words alone are sufficient

Dwell
Settle
Rest
Be blessed

In this
The final place
The expectant place
Of rest 

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Before The Book Before The Thought

Admirers of abstract painting

Always, from as long ago as I can remember, before the book, before the thought

Free verse

No, that’s a new concept, or was until a few weeks ago, now I find it is what I’ve always done, before the book, before the thought

Corbusier Armchairs

Was it Conran, or Habitat, anyway it was a good while before IKEA, before the book, before the thought

Houses with plain walls

It began with Anaglypta, after the flock; but pretty soon it was painted plaster, before the book, before the thought

No ceiling Roses

We had to wait for technology, even now, sunken spots, not easy, not before the book, nor before the thought

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Admirers of abstract painting, free verse, Corbusier armchairs and houses with plain walls and no ceiling roses

Linda Grant

Sexing the Millenium1993

P36

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A Walk In The Park

A place to convalesce

Take the waters

Less the wine

A place for more than rest

Take the quarters

Less the line

Broad walk in the fall

Autumnal colour

Peace remain

Soft talk in the hall

La Femme Pressée

Romance refrain

A place to recreate

Hesitate or wait

Less is fine

A place to infiltrate

Through ages of lime

Less steep incline

Market place they call

Fruits of the land

Body maintain

Landscapes on the wall

Mingling with Ringling Art

Sensuality sustain

A place

Appropriate

Please may I

Stay

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Parallelism

It isn’t that I wanted to focus on those two things

But they did have to be sorted, and now they are

I didn’t have to do the online shop

But I had thought of a method, and I used it

I could have gone to the garden centre, it is allowed

But to be honest there would be little point, or purpose

I have though found a film to watch, from Hungary

I will report back, possibly tomorrow, or as soon as

There was a closeness, purely imaginary of course

The film was slow, deliberate, one might say clunky

The happy ending was retained, it was how I wished

Yes, there was a closeness, and I still feel its presence

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