Appointment
I pull in looking for 73
instead read 73a
& something about
nails and coffee capsules
I need to shit again
it’s just nerves
I say to the dashboard
I call the doctor
he doesn’t pick up
I find a bar
but it’s manned
by a stuck up
mannequin
I eventually find
the studio flat
come surgery
wonder why
it has to be
off the books
lie down
try to read
the air force awards
wooden on the wall
feel the scalpel
listen to the
tug tug snip
feel it coming away
25th December, Around Midday
he took a hammer
to the duck’s neck
asked his brother
to fetch it
from the tool box
he brought it down
in the kitchen
he brought it down against
his family’s wishes
he brought it down
on the bone
some of us
had arrived by train
some of us through
toll booths
up motorways
& across cavalcades
the bird
had been waiting there
all along
now it was
a household
steel claw
versus
peace on earth
& the niece
questioned
everyone
in the room
as to whether any of this
had to happen
at all
The Break-in
presented
a problem
before I could report it
to any kind
of authority
I had to remove
the sports bag
that had cost me
five dollars
& a friend
in JFK airport
the black one
with the zip
caught in the netting
& the broken handle
& the ounce
hidden in the inside pocket
was I really
to crawl
under my own
smashed front door
like a thief
and risk
contaminating the scene?
well,
yes
I obviously was.
Danny D. Ford’s poetry & artwork has appeared in numerous online & print titles including ‘Three Poets #5’ – Hickathrift Press ‘Raffle’ & ‘Wellbeing’ - Poems For All, ‘Sunshine Junkie’, ‘Flexeril Haikus’ & ‘Slides for Alberto’ - Between Shadows Press, 'Perforated by Sirens' - Analog Submission Press. The Unfolding Head can be found in Bergamo, Italy,
@theunfoldinghead
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