I LIVE WITH MY DEAF SON IN A
BREEZE-BLOCK HOUSE ON THE AVENUE
ADJACENT TO ELEMENTARY ENLIGHTENMENT
FORAYS INTO THE FRAGILE ELEMENT THAT
CALLS ITSELF RECTANGULAR FIXTURE FITTING
IN THE ENLIGHTENED SPECTRUM
THE SHIPS WERE CLOSE THE CHIP SHOP WAS
SOON TO CLOSE THE CARCINOGENIC TENTACLE TO
THE LEFT SAID YES THE CARCINOGENIC TENTACLE
TO THE RIGHT SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT AND I WAS STUCK,
STUCK IN THE WEIRD PLACE THAT WAS A LITTLE LIKE SOLITUDE
THOUGH RESEMBLED A CROWD.
MY DAD WAS BUSY ON THE ORGAN AND SAID DON’T L;ET THE GRAND PIPES DOWN
I SAID DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING, JACK.

RESUMING MY STATUS AS AMOEBA I QUICKLY RESUMED MY NOVELLA ON DUST
AND GRAVITATED SLOWLY , O SO SLOWLY AND WOUND AS IF AROUND THE COMPARTMENTS
OF A REPLICA WATCH BOUGHT FROM A MAN IN STAINED LINEN TROUSERS FROM A MARKET STALL:

solitude.