Bone against Bone

Your words, seemingly soft

Have no fluid

And no cartilage between them

A feeling behind them not

Harmonious with them

Forget your audience, imposter

Crawl away unseen

Go alone into the wilderness

Shed your armour

Piece by piece

Stretch yourself out

Naked upon a crag.

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Empty Seats in the Gate

Strong men are weeping Weeping softly at twilight The sound rises with the Smoke of cook fires The city trembles in the Evening light for As the face of the sun has left the sky The voice of justice has fallen silent in the gate A child has taken his place From the top of the wall a child lifts its voice From the gate there is no answer The eminent men are silent The landowners examine Hastily written contracts in the Weak light of a single lamp Strong men selling their inheritance For doubtful promises of safety And the seats in the gate are empty

Wide of Oblivion

March in unison o’ divisions of my heart Of the sharded moon Let each battalion have its part To blind and blaze in its own heaven And fight by its phases More than seventy times seven. A braided heart I had in keeping Now bound and guarded Under eyes unsleeping I spurned the crass and goaded flesh When to have you then Was to love you less.

Script for a TV show

Legacy Episode 1 “The Ordeal of Uncle Thomas” 2005 Regional Convention of The Community Of Faith religious group. As titles music fades (Idioteque by Radiohead) A convention platform shot on home video (In this scene the responsive noises of the person holding the camera and the people sat around them can be clearly heard). An interviewer is sat with a family of Six. The father is sat furthest from the interviewer, then the mother, the two oldest boys(non identical twins 11), the daughter(9) and the youngest boy(7) is sat closest. The Interviewer is a middle aged man with dark greying hair wearing a tweed jacket with navy pullover and tie. He has a confident relaxed manner. He wears glasses that he removes occasionally for emphasis. Interviewer: In harmony with our theme this weeken...

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