Listening to lyrics under lamp light, I bring an arm around the duvet that graciously spoons me. The sheet is smooth, and I know the pillow is there because I feel it underneath my head. The shop, bar and beach are places elsewhere to this. They're different somehow, some kind of blur I've no desire to put my finger on. Time awake is no stranger, no stranger than the gentle lulling of soon. I'm tired of seeing, being seen, thinking and being thought of. What's to come will remind me what I even care about.
My eyes were stinging in pain
but today
seven years later
I can watch the knife
pierce the onion's skin
with eyes as dry as a bone so
I guess I did get used to it
I'd like to apologise
for being difficult in the meeting today
let's put it down to my inclination for mischief
and your pride of age
I'll collaborate tomorrow
concede and align
peter then go home
I need to clean my teeth
then fall asleep in my own arms
lain across my chest like a sky diver with a parachute
peaceful, descending, and far from over
I love London
probably because I don't live there
its streets of global collaboration
pulse as the centre of everything
pieces of all that's human.
Now with a sliver of tomorrow
there's a fuckton of poverty
and baby faced posh boys drinking in pubs
time to go
Two youths approached me as I locked up my bike. They warned me how easy it was to break locks and that the city centre isn't a safe place to leave your bike. They demonstrated the ability of their feet by dislodging some wheels that were apparently better than mine, due to their suspension. Not one for aggro, I smiled trying to banter, asking them not to steal my bike. I was trying to mix mature poise with youthful cheek. Of course, they could outdo me on the latter: I was undeniably the owner of a midrange commuter bike.
I should have just hopped back on and parked it somewhere else. Pride is a strange thing, I thought as I walked away from my locked bike, almost certain that they would soon pleasure in its demise. I was meeting a girl at the pub, intending to break up with her after a couple of months of seeing each other.
If my bike dies, so be it, I deserve it
I thought as I avoided the pressing subject, and her eyes.
This is horrible
We hugged on the street. It was cold and there was potentially a long walk home.
This girl is hurt because of me
We walked in opposite directions away from each other forever. The good news was I soon found my bike untouched. I felt relief cycling home, on two counts. As I showered before work the following day, I thought about crap like upsell and cross-sell. It was a big day coming up in the office.