27/01/2026

buoyant is the newly dead, bloated last
in the body of water, clam-foyered
flamboyant, the newly wed
three-fingered harbinger
right hander skews the lead
in the body, skewers the head
of water, the cure is the bed, arise

“sleepless and tedious”
a bystander said,
lingered free, ensured
stood, lied, bled, went, arrived
“high-standing in tandem,
purely bred to die”
endure the dread to my
went-awry smile,
tread to find a hideous cry, floated fast