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.