Vicissitudes

terminus

my sagging backside
has found true south
a magnetic polarity
that cannot be denied

circumnavigated

or waved away in disbelief
here all facts are self evident
medicine wanders
a nomad’s hessian philosophy

incontestable

honest as breaking glass
gravity in landscape
drags petals from stalks
allows hover in falling

peculiarcharm

lingering effervescence
so hungry in passing
arranges this nimble parasol
to shade an eventual rise

transcendence

 

(Previously published in The Blue Nib, and ‘Walking Through Fences’. Artwork David Hinchliffe – London rainy day, umbrella series)