XV. CLOSE-UP
A plain black page
might say nothing,
or it might be
a close-up
of a fraction
of the first letter
of the book
that tells you everything
XVI. FOCAL POINT [Written on the middle pages of a blank exercise book]
How small
the things
that occupy us
XVII. A POETRY READING
The poet sits
not saying a word
The silence
contains more envy,
desire and anger
than he could ever
have recited
XVIII. CHARITY [Written on a series of banknotes,
in ascending order of value]
The nature
of gratitude
is to always
misunderstand
(from “The God in the Box”, Agàpe Publications, 2003)
Poetry, poem, speculative poetry, science fiction poetry, Australian poetry, British poetry
S.C. Flynn 