Tea
The breath when sick
mouth feels viscous
imagining bringing
your face taut into a
point then bringing
that point further a
mess of passageways
flattened thick air
hard to pass along to
where it’s needed now
blocked nose so teeth
exposed to find some
way less trafficked
for the mess illness
produces in the body
while it mightn’t feel
it this is living now
still this is living
curdle/hurdle
Dave Drayton was an amateur banjo player, founding member of the Atterton Academy, and the author of British P(oe)Ms (Beir Bua Press), E, UIO, A (Container), P(oe)Ms (Rabbit), Haiturograms (SOd Press) and other works.
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