crawling gentle on splintered wood
shards of trickle a smudge reminder
of my still alive continuing
did a muffled dream breathe isolated
or was combination itinerant scribe
nature presenting elementary grasp
nobody knew i played with dangerous
why discard compensation ongoing
endure dependent relies on silent
it was murky rain on broken past
that spelt me your eyes meant truth
only a fox smiles of not eat fresh kill
they must realize decades of try
to slap me down bred pointless
achieved their angst and my freedom
i’m no real poet of anything actual
an assembly devised in lockdown
became art form notorious slap
would the cluster believe joyful
comes from non-adherence be normal
essential queer chime takes final bow
ditto answers all when constructing
sliding chapters in pandemic scale
decades taught me heaven belief