D Base
By artist Nick Gentry
this lead is heavy on my tongue
it blanks my words
stored in magnetic strips where
the music & people of 80s still lives on
my chest sags from stagnant air
& my memories get foggy by
synthetic plastic warping my eyes -
how i wish for a chemical peel to make me
new- smaller &
sleeker as memory card
of 21st century, a young working girl
again madly dashing through the crowd
but being an old woman
sitting by desk filled with obsolete gadgets
has its merits:
i am stamped with past, an absolute tyrant
has its merits:
i am stamped with past, an absolute tyrant
& framed by nostalgia
& relief that no one expects me to be anything else
& relief that no one expects me to be anything else
perhaps one day, i'll be thrown on the moon
to fix my constant eyes over the city
muddy from overflowing artefacts
soiled by hundred car lights racing to find an
empty space
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Poetics Featuring the work of London-based artist, Nick Gentry ~
