the anxious pen


My wandering thoughts

The anxious pen

Scanning eyes

Pages turned

Feet on the beat

Ideas ... always ideas

Solutions to problems.


Forms to fill

Identity cards

Proof of age

minutes in an hour

A ticking clock

car horns toot

tyres on the road

traffic lights move

nightshift workers



Flapping fins

The gasping mouth

Heaving gills

Searching hook

Hiding places

Safety gone

then finally


World wars

A flying bullet

Quivering flesh

Blood pulses

A heart beat.


Finally, it rests.


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