angst cycle (iii) 
[ƺ] (ii)
i turned back to look behind 
the first time in a month 
because the poison is visiting 
it says “hello” 
begging hoping pleading even 
that she’d stopped using 
that photo i took of her 
and damn her the cow 
she had
 
i hope this fucking squall 
buggers off 
i really don’t like it 
and don’t know why 
or perhaps i do
 
yesterday 
i found myself 
playing a little eye catch 
with some corresponding harmonic zing 
inside my chest 
with a workplace colleague 
she fingered her wedding ring 
i smiled acknowledgement 
that zing will go nowhere
 
but it signalled something 
that system software is alive 
if nothing else
 
i hope to see that zing again 
but i’d prefer a ringless finger 
one who’ll turn to
 
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