the river

pen knives, cuts, plasters, blood stains, old books, sweat, tears
old men, pens, pen holders, ink-stained-thumbs, another poem, another day
shaggy hair, pock-marks, lectures, comic books
coffee mugs, africa, jumping goats, the lean one that should not be named but thought about
twins, jump and bounce, coca cola
thick framed spectacles, howl, one breath, dynamo, stars
the road, perception, jump, hop, step if you should
ruins, forts, orange red skies, why not
green lights, zebra crossing, oh look out, ah?, aaah
screech, oh that poem unwritten, oh what woes
leech, petrol, rain water, rainbows
a room alone, you, i