A heart beating chest
Blue networked veins
Working
Rivers viewed from space
Undressed
They pulse under this light
And race
At speed of thought
12/11/2025poems/anabranches
Anabranches


A heart beating chest
Blue networked veins
Working
Rivers viewed from space
Undressed
They pulse under this light
And race
At speed of thought

There’s fog for 20 metres from here From here to screen To midwinter For the chill to draw out this splinter If I could, I would. See? I’m restless But in a wrestle Can’t follow the weather Can’t stay in the metre

Choose your fighter carefully Or you’ll be a well-honed knife That’s in search of fear It was a path You laid out For yourself Well, I’m too old to lose a breast As I fight for respect In the name of a straighter shot