me no cry [2001]

‘…me no cry

lest I dive to remember you

september is coming soon

maybe the town will close down until then

breathe deep soon

in a café in swan street

chain-smoking, reforming, vacant-eyed drama queen

accidental death of if’s, maybe’s & might-have-been’s

somebody’s always lying in love

& 10,000 years can’t erase what I’m thinking of

me no cry…’

settle...[2000]

‘…you settle your cup down

prelude to a story of how you described the colour green to the blind man on the tram

having said he only knew red, born into pools congealing

how you asked him what his dreams looked like

you’d never wondered about it & now you need to know

“A blind man helped me see today!”

a booming benny hinn

you push your sunglasses upwards along the gradient of your ski-jump nose

(yoyo’s stuck in your teeth)

& hand me a postcard from my home town

‘It’s not about finding out who you are’, you’ve written

‘it’s about remembering who you were’

I settle my cup down…’