Ode to Schaffer- Free Verse (30.03.23).

Alan? why!

did you do It? karaoke next

to a funeral House caught

on camera ashamed. do You

feel? You should

feel. sounds

cathartic biting

the hand feeding me muscles, prefer

squids She’s scared of

them I’m scared of

Everything on a bagel dreamt of five

avocados for 35, grinding

teeth peppering crying

vinegar pooling wish it was

like when we

were young Permanently

wrinkled fingers Permanently

called time

out. Alan,

Get back on!

left leaves as clues too

easy to find they made

Home in

the hedges to

Hide couldn’t

fit comfortably chasing the

stairs dropping from the

10th sneaking cigarettes in the

fire exit quick trip to the shore She

got tired watching

childhood saying Goodbye

with the waves seaweed ankles shared

a sunburn never felt more Alive

village Eejit's drunk packing in the air

by Sunrise

hid in the garden long

after it died a placebo

mirage once daily with food

wineglasses of vertigo kicking

In. the grapes

said he wasn’t a

Nice man. slurring on the

line in between lines lying like I’m

Loopy suckling like a runty

Piglet, squealing to

be my Child I was just a

Child. Alan!

Cant even get on the

Horse preferring stubborn Ass never

shares water filling up on

Unholiness. Pretending

suffering never

Looms. Looking

forward you should check

your blinds left a

red bike right a

leashless pup

don’t stop don’t

stop!

you’ll be

the Fool

for eternity!

Moving on (out). - Anthology