Written

The pen broke

Right there

On the white paper

A blue Rorschach and silver nib

The hand broke

Right then

A bone frozen and muscle failure

The brain stalled

The heart paused

All around birds flew and

Cars sang metallic songs

The eyes saddened

The tears remembered faces

Now gone and

The pain of those still here

The pen broke

The fire put out

The poems become of less and less

Use.

Rainbow head

Pre 9am

Main road mono

She passes me on the

Inside

With striped rainbow hair

Rainbow head

Outside and in no doubt

And other colours

Maybe every one

Up and down her legs

Backpack

Eye shadow

Mid-twenties I guess

Unconcerned about opinions

Defying the locale

Grey puddles en route

Laying still

Unreflective

While the red yellow

Pink green

Orange purple, blue shine

Not crazy

Or maybe just crazy enough

Finally

She turns a corner

The streets are greyed

I am tired and lazy and broken and

So

I count her as my

fuck you

To the world for today.