A response (for Tony Connors)

Excerpt from “A Rather Public State­ment” by Tony Connors Finally, let me assure those Who ima­gine me lend­ing a will­ing ear, That my lop­sided appearance Is congenital, And should not be interpreted As a leaning Towards anything Other than the...

Cross-country

When thrown into an unknown land like the rest of one’s life, there are those that make plans, map their lives accord­ing to the obstacles to be overcome (hus­band, chil­dren, house) and those that stumble through and around, exclaim­ing in joy at...

Candycolours

He walks out, silently into a world where no-one shows outrage – it is not done, though each suppresses the inner scream. The years go by. Scalpel, scis­sors, dis­sec­tion, cloth please nurse… good, that’s all his love safely bottled in a brine...

The cage

Today, Picas­so’s dove flew through the window And David reached up a hand to him But he touched only a fall­ing olive sprig There was blood on the broken glass of the dove’s per­man­ent cage And an empty frame on a gal­lery wall And...

Trauma Centre

What was between us has changed and my major modern trauma is now how I will act toward you when I see you tonight. Are you going through a mid-teen crisis too? or have you now successfully emerged from the lion’s den? Are your wounds deeply hidden or...