they were playing laser tag with real gats under pink cloudsthe shots would linger in the fug
the sun projectedwith all its faults on paper sun spots, pop
traversingme – o, a mockery king of snow with his prismhis desert eagleangular out of the tiny pinhole thisbe melting before the sun of bolingbroke
richard 3 drew his magnumdueledwith his withered hand
the dead man lieshis claw still wriggles in the snow
outside my window is a light box sign saying hotel (blue and white)
lisping carsin the rainwaveslike sleeves that can be rolled up foreverempavonadas scared in the raini note a tunedeveloping rising arousing out of me
carusothe sicilianfor a caressed oneor a child miner of sulphuri’m in the eye of the stormcalmed
persephoneyou’re so funnycars wish by like beesi wish i could put their beeswax in my ears
you’re so frilly
poseidon’s daughters knee me in the gut
with their unbelievable greek softer than air agency
he was like a malady i’d predictednow a boy crying for his mama
ioyou’re so funnymaking love to the waves of cloud
that leave phonymessages that are to die for
so funny that his mama was mistaken for them
Miguel Cullen is a British-Argentine poet. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. Cullen grew up travelling from Buenos Aires, the vast expanse of the Pampas, to London and back again. Miguel’s work has been published in Magma, Dreich, Stand, Ink, Sweat & Tears, and more.