Poems

Here and There

I'm taking the night ferry

a fat firefly
the coast a diamond necklace spread before me
sparkling here and there
 
In my dream
dressed in knives from head to toe
as I spun round
I cut whoever came near me
Each side was blood on steel
steel on blood
spurting here and there
 
I tried out all the words and then fell silent
I needed a new curse
words never spoken in vain
as old as the Stone Age
a cry
raging from here and there