The Pavement is Singing
All your coughing won’t
change the world
the journey winds on
I stretch my legs
& dream of rocky mountains
unfolding in steamy rivulets
behind the curtains
I glimpse your eyes
You are also dreaming
nearby our fellow traveller
waxes his moustache
I catch his challenging glance
Toss my head & turn away
All your coughing won’t
change the world
The gasworks are beautiful
The fields are stubble
I shift my feet & meet
your eyes through layers
of peat I sow seeds
the dandelion flecks
in your pupils become
snowflakes & for your sake
I will awake but death is in
your bulbous big toe like
an underground bulb struggling
to find life
everyone is coughing my god everyone is coughingI swim into the winter evening
cars are bobbing on yellow lines
heads flesh past & the pavement
is singing I will dream of
green streams with tinselly
fish glimmering in blue bellies
I cough loudly & plough on . . . . . .
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