MONO ISSUE 2 - Flipbook - Page 47
INTERNATIONAL VELVET
by Charlie Baylis
are you lonely?
are you still living underground in east berlin
somewhere off scharnweberstraße?
heartbeat muffled by velvet
a forgotten masterpiece dated june 1986
grey squares haunt the subway walls
red lips counterpointed by blue shadow
plastic flowers camera ready
your father died in the 80s,
injecting clouds, before we were born
strong greys glazed over with rain
water chewing tulips, the colours of sunken
summers
a forgotten masterpiece dated june 1986
ezra pound did not
present a solitary image in his lifetime
your eye untangles from mine
the world turns
i wish i had something more to say to you
i wish i had a song to sing
i am lonely, inside the walls of your music
unfurnished rooms of erotic poetry
this will be a good year for the roses
in a station of the metro
i read your letter, the last one
underline the last line
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