Tuesday 28 February 2012

we are ...

it was said of russia, post-war
by one of its own
that they were dwarfed birches 
wedging like splinters
under the fingernails of frost
and that the kingdom of the
everlasting frost
would crush crush
crush
ah, how the east wind searches us western
dil-et-tantes out
we are not deeply planted 
as splinters...........dwarfed birches
WE ARE ........................................

1 comment:

Sarah Fordham said...

We are .......... a stricken luxury cruise ship, adrift in the dark