My Heart Bolt upright awake at 2am. My heart pumps its cage door. Asks to be let out. Rapid breath tries to bolster the door, heaves and heaves until heart calms. Breath sighs slows head
My Heart
Bolt upright awake at 2am.
My heart pumps
its cage door.
Asks to be let out.
Rapid breath tries
to bolster the door,
heaves and heaves
until heart calms.
Breath sighs slows
head on pillow.
The door is bruised,
sleep uneven.
Paul Brookes
Paul Brookes is a shop asst. His chapbooks include The Headpoke and Firewedding (Alien Buddha Press, 2017), She Needs That Edge (Nixes Mate Press, 2017 2018) The Spermbot Blues (OpPRESS, 2017), Please Take Change (Cyberwit.net, 2018), As Folk Over Yonder ( Afterworld Books, 2019). He edits The Wombwell Rainbow Interviews