Con—Text
written by: Ricky Hawthorne
@searsjames
It’s funny but I could hear
Your voice in the text
Like Heaney, when I’m reading his poetry
But this wasn’t a poem…
And I wondered why, after everything, I
Wasn’t worth the y or the o and
Whether the small x was really
Small enough…
As usual you misspelt my
Name…correctly; Kool, I
Guess, sure cool enough…
For Sno…
I always admired ur clefer subtleties, those
Sledgehammers cracking the
Warped reflection of a
Fule in a funhouse mirror…
Thankfully you spared me emojis; perhaps
That was too krule 4 u, except, of course, for the
Sign off kiss, blud coloured lips that
Sucked out my heart…
Keepsake or cut and paste? Why bother, and, anyway,
No-one keeps scrapbooks these days, not even a poet
👍 u
MAY 2019 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Short listed for the Bridport Poetry Prize 2015
Graduate of Warwick University
Triple honors in Literature, Theater and Film
Graduate of Warwick University
Triple honors in Literature, Theater and Film
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