THE GODDAM NIGHT
Giddy night is more than a container
The sources of stupidity lie within
Watch how your imagination copies
your imagination
Yes, it’s the night, the goddam night
full of kitschy previews hard-wired
to soap plots and merciless roundabouts
of a house, a saucerful of spectres
an unmemorable mess of misalignments
of thought and action, though it seems plausible
It’s merely vertiginous, yes, even a dream
of falling, but at least for once before you fall
you realise you don’t care about the toss
Waking life might be life, life might be what it is
you fall over it enough
knock the cup from the table
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Jill Jones www.jilljones.com.au
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