The Clicking In My Right Eye

from Silver Backed Bream by Robh Hokum

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Pay it no attention;
that petty rhythm
No explosions will silence you,
no failing knees to hold

The sleight of lips

Cities drown like babies
caught by mother’s peace
And our fathers go out into the night
to protect the alleyways and sins

The sleight of hips

“I’m better of dead”, you said
when you fled from the slurry of the red
smeared across your head
And the cracked cornices of your frame;
the scars upon your name;
testament to all the shit you gave

The sleight of lips

That petty rhythm sleeps
and clicks to calm your dreams
With every clack: attack
at you seams
Has no-one told you that you should wear yellow?
It doesn’t suit you:
its surprise betrays you,
and the sun blushes

The sleight of rays

“And I’m better of dead”, you said
when you fled from the slurry of the red
smeared across your head
And the cracked cornices of your frame;
the scars upon your name;
testament to all the shit you gave

The sleight of lips
The sleight of lips

These words itch
Split rosehips
Drop it alone
Cry-out!
Spit out the apple pips

These words itch
Split rosehips
Drop it alone
Cry-out!
Spit out the apple pips

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from Silver Backed Bream, released April 26, 2010

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