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#680
Life CourseNo, I couldn't sayhow my life'sgot into this mess. All I know is thatthere's no reverse gear on this thing, and the steering’s off too. And they took my licence away years agoso don't ask...
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#681
DreamerThere was no hole in my youthfor "the real me" to crawl out, only flaws to put pressure onand finally rip apart. I sometimes still sleepin the empty shell at night. 19 August 1989 Getting to...
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#682
What I Never Meant to SayNo, I really love you: it's gone beyond words. I just use thembecause they're all I have. They don't say anything anymore. There was never really anything to say. 19 August...
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#683
William's Cage“You're full of holes,” he said. I thought he was trying to shockso I asked if that was bad. He closed his eyesand covered his ears, and he said. “They can get at youthrough the holesbut...
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#684
Dressed ApologyI've exposed myself too muchand embarrassed you. I'm sorry: I thought we were that close. Can you pretendit never happened? And you only imaginedmy weaknesses? 28 August 1989 Another...
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#685
The BypassThere being no timeand having no place elseI hid what I had to sayin the words, just out of sight –unless you were looking. 28 August 1989 Had I been writing these poems now I would’ve...
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#686
#686 The PunI don't know why I phoned. I wasn't in the mood for talkingbut it was there. It's said that's whymen scale mountains. And there's somethinganticlimatical about that too. 28 August 1989...
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#687
Finding Out the Hard WaySo, you got inside me finally?Well, it's where you thoughtyou wanted to bebut did you ever thinkthere might be no way out?Why else do you thinkI've stayed here so long?28 August...
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The Next Big Thing
I have come to believe that there can be no adequate preparation for the sadness that comes at the end, the sheer regret that one's life is finished, that one's failures remain indelible and one's...
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My Favourite AxeShe said it was a nervous habitand I said that was all rightwe were entitled to nervous habitsand I took her to meet Eugene. 28 August 1989 I knew a guy once who told me Pink Floyd was...
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#689
The Apeman ComethI remember his eyes, his little sunken red eyes, peering out of the cavernof a grey simian skull. They looked as if they werestaring from the depthsof my past. Wondering what had...
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#690
SecondhandI had worn the Great Man's mantlefor some timebefore I thought to check the pockets, and they were empty. In fact, they had been torn out! 28 August 1989 Do mantles even have pockets? I...
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#691
Coitus InterruptusWe made loveto make upfor the poemin my head, the one with thepunch line missing. 28 August 1989 Poems are not jokes I know but there’s nothing like writing one where that last...
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#692
A LoveI don't know why I picked it. It wasn't my usual kind: it just seemed the thing to do(maybe I felt sorry for it). But it fitted in placeand it workedwhen I tried it with you. So, I think I'll...
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#693
Do You Get It?She asked me where the point wasso I stabbed her in the back with itbut she still complainedthat she couldn't see itwhich this time was true.But I felt better about it.28 August 1989 I...
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#694
Lunch in Ayr(For B.)I met youjust this side of lovein a safe placewhere we could talk.And we shared a memorybecause we didn't have enoughfor two.And anyhow, it was cozier.The sad thing is,it took half...
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#695
Frozen MomentThey crossed in front of mewith their eyesand that walkand they know.It is Autumnand too late nowfor skirts like thatand I'm cold just looking.29 August 1989 The last poem was about Ayr....
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The Fan Man
The rent will be high but it’s not so bad if you don’t pay it. – William Kotzwinkle, The Fan Man You would think that novelizations would be something way down the list of things a film director...
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#696
Now What Does this Do?Spread-eagledundercoveryou never realisedyour imaginationhad a manual overridenor that it was so effectiveand so conveniently placed.The handbook said nothingand yet you would...
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#697
ArmageddonitisThere are people's worldscollapsing all the time.Some say it's a "bug:"The Black Death was a "bug."And they give us pillsto make themselves feel better:an empty gesturein the face of...
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