Peter Redgrove
brothel allotment
The house where the smoke from the chimneys is as
red as blood. The woman in the house who is also the floor
Her dress flows into her skirt about her ankles, her
skirt weaves into the carpet. The old man in the kitchen
who is also the oven. The young woman of the house who
enters from the drains, wearing green. The young lad who
visits, smelling of grass-cuttings. The meal of appleseeds
served. The hot petrol drunk. The stairs that are the
keys of the piano that musics them upstairs. The bed that
is an inlet of the sea. The covers that are white and
salt and the bedlight that goes down red. The awakening
to gulls and sleet. The breakfast of loose change.
The street home that is a well.
red as blood. The woman in the house who is also the floor
Her dress flows into her skirt about her ankles, her
skirt weaves into the carpet. The old man in the kitchen
who is also the oven. The young woman of the house who
enters from the drains, wearing green. The young lad who
visits, smelling of grass-cuttings. The meal of appleseeds
served. The hot petrol drunk. The stairs that are the
keys of the piano that musics them upstairs. The bed that
is an inlet of the sea. The covers that are white and
salt and the bedlight that goes down red. The awakening
to gulls and sleet. The breakfast of loose change.
The street home that is a well.
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