If you lie If you liein shitafter a while you don’t notice the smelland you fearif you cleaned yourself upor leftyou’d miss the warmth It’s easierI’m toldto lieeven in shit Winter 1983

Breakdown Do not preventmy descent into madnessDemanding to know“what’s the matter?” I am being denied mattersplit, severed, impaled onroutine definitions being denied matter denied spirit denied lovelife denied earth denied universe denied flightvoice without soundsilence without stillnessnature denied nurture denied space denied song do not read more

Give us a smile love Every time you come in I smileThat fire – lit so long ago – must not die. The longer you stay the more I glow You never consider I may befully absorbed in my work We both know that can read more

Conversational skating In company I’m a skaterI skim acres of conversational icePerforming tricks, executing fancy figuresuntil everyone, including me(I have to confess),starts applauding. please don’t judge mewe all skate if we can In solitude I never skate In solitudeThe ice melts and thenI feel the read more