c l i n a m e n

no room of words
holds so strong bonds
to stop old holy songs slow growth


o LORD show no shallow cracks
no not gods hollow call
break the stone in half or not at all


(o
o
o
oa
oa
oae)

a n t o n y m i c t r a n s l a t i o n

and sat still at table
or stood moving away chairs
before the clap of bibles follows you home
leaving a trail of hallelujahs
(you sat) i stood;
arriving at the root of mumbled thanks
after a stamp from the library led me away

(and/or sat/stood still/moving at/away table/chairs
before/after the/a clap/stamp of/from bibles/the library follows/led you/me home/away
leaving/arriving a/at trail/the root of/of hallelujahs/mumbled thanks
you/i sat/stood)

a f e w r e c or d i n g s do n e

this is tonight:


flare up cupped hand dragged
lung fulls of earth scratching out
cuttle bone white scrawl at muds base
hunched parrot footed on a clod
left out in the thunder falling under
whistling dinosaurs

n e a r l y r e c o r d i n g

r o m a n s t o n e is temporarily assuming a fixed shape

this is what richmond park sounded like today:

unplug madvillainy and flooded with dense quiet bird calls

from tree rustles left and right rhythm of footfalls and

short breath will jane be coming over? yeah i think so for

lunch slow snail of bike tyre cut straight through by strafing

parakeet fire rumble of heavy wheels on road bridges bubbles

under log tangles and damp bracken thin feathered holy spirit

falls on high finger branches small balls flick out wings

and bob like swimmers and somewhere a slow mouthed hat

stand clacks on bark and chews like a thick rug