Two Poems by Chris Abbott

HPS

Who would have noticed
the black birds taking on
childlike possibility?

They leapt and bounced
across and above
the ground

their back flip
over
and yonder

the assault on the scaling net
reimagined
beyond…

measured against
gargantuan noises
from deforestation

cutting,
stripping,
shredding…

all for the visibility
of a
perimeter fence.

My life in two four drawer filing cabinets

firmly shut Com part

and encased ment alized

in a brown and disguis

v ed as file
e dr a w e rs
r – study …….
t – achieve …
i – work ……..
c – play ………
a – love ………
l – explore …
tomb. – life ………..

slide out

like a body

in a morgue

refrigerator

only to be
specifically
reviewed
prior to
more and
more
minute
dissection

Dis mem
ber ment
and path
olo gica
l an alys
is r evea
ls i n cli
nic al te
rms: …

“Death by / from other causes.”

Chris Abbott enjoys living and writing on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.