1:55pm
clouds are now and this
is the bottomless sleep,
time taken
is time best given away
2:38pm
child's eyes cling
whilst parents
drag their eyes away
4:00pm
small doors close
dreams open automatically
4:50pm
old men with late autumn eyes
grow invisible
when standing in their pyjamas
5:08pm
the man behind the hand
reaches out
and touches no-one
5:15pm
night gardeners
set their watches aglow,
worn hands harvest
the slow moon
6:24
your face may be familiar
but you intentions are undeclared -
swipe your card, sign in,
I forget you
8:00pm
Wasted my time
made me laugh
8:33pm
I'm the pizza man
please
let me out
8:48
workers of the night
and the early morning
stare straight ahead
and dream
9:59pm
every second builds
a balloon
10:08pm
slide open
slide in
slide up
slide down slide down . . .
10:13pm
too many children
are without balloons tonight
10:44pm
Mohammed
longs
for bed
11:00pm
surprise...
I forgot my teeth
11:04pm
it's out time together-
between this door and that
between the post boxes and the elevator
between "what are you doing" and "I'm not sure"
between a midnight cigarette and breakfast at noon
-it's our time together
11:29pm
sally is a dog
of few words,
unlike
her master
11:42pm
my body is a victim
of my lack of foresight
1:00am
space grows darker
the longer I stare at it
1:30am
with a renewed sense of loss
I reach in to the hole that defines me
1:35am
it's very
very hard
to get australian residency
these days
2:25am
even at the darkest hour
stray cats are snoring
3:10am
my touchscreen is beautiful
but my wife cannot get a visa
3:48am
when I think of you
I fall
into the arms
of the rising sun
4:00am
the Tower is short on sleepwalkers:
elevators stand idle, waiting to come down.
4:29am
mist spills off the roof
and settles quietly
on the streets below
5:05am
birthday cards are blank
the blankets are unfurling,
dirty white delivery vans stall
and the smallest birds are hungry
5:55am
fresh scented necks
stretch out into the frigid air
6:15am
sleeps long arms
hang heavily by my side
6:55am
I am not dying
today
7:00am
it's no secret
the cleaners
keep the peace
7:25am
security guards can really sing
when their shift is nearly over
...TRIPPING ALCHEMY...
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