Some Poems
FORGIVENESS
I dream of corpses and lovers
dream that another day is impossible
dream that these grey skies will never leave
the undecided snow falls to the ground
leaves still won't come and birds in packs fly for their lives to warmer climes
If only I could take a chance again
surely now
now anything is possible but still time clings to me
It is in my bones now he said
but he still had no forgiveness I could not even give him that
my mother knew better than to ask.
All who come to my door no better than to ask.
TWO HOURS OF MADNESS
I went for a coffee before the play thought it might wake me up a bit.
She asked for a name and I told her Marc
She said bark and I told her I know I look like an old dog but it is Marc
Everybody laughed and I went up to the circle
The usher said it had already started and took me in
I had a strong desire to put my arm around her
she asked to see my ticket again
then she told me I was in the wrong theatre and had to go downstairs to the Lytleton.
I found my seat and ended up sitting next to a cracker we had a little chat and I thought my day might be getting better.
The play started with everybody talking over each over Cunt after fuck after cunt it was the most base play I had ever heard and nobody does base like me.
At the break I was looking forward to chatting up the bird next to me and telling her how beautiful she was
she ran off to the toilet as I wandered around when she came back she decided to move seats which just about finished me off for the day.
DRIP DRIP
Every time I walk into the back garden I see that tap
how it leaks away
drip
drip
it gets under my skin because I know it is trying to tell me something
time is running out it is saying
you will walk out of here one day and it will be up
you will be out of time
drip
drip
it goes like a lot of things taunting and taunting
telling me if you you going to do it you best do it now
tomorrow
is
too late
OFF THE WAGON
I start laughing as I walk into the coffee shop
and the woman who looks a bit like a man asks if I am alright.
Yea I say thought I saw something funny.
I didn't tell her I thought I saw a dog with a condom on outside
she may have thought I was cracking up.
I waited for my coffee looking at all the women asking them in my head who wanted my seed.
They all looked a bit disgusted at me.
I had my coffee and walked out
lots of women started to smile at me and I knew I was in trouble.
It normally goes this way when I stop drinking for a bit.
People give me hope that suppose I don't want
So I went home fell asleep and hit the bottle that night
On the wagon off the wagon what difference does it make.
Some Poems
Marc Carver, UK