plein [H] 
(i)
great coat striding 
i wear 
i want to
 
bleak ladders yellow 
telling i can use 
climbing like an assured 
squirm down
 
some selfish bugger 
smoking in the public place 
poisoning the rest of us 
at least my nasty habit 
no throw slugs into fans
 
if i were an expert 
i’d know to use 
but i’m not 
so i’m 
the vision tells 
my ray eyes show me
 
goals 
plainly set 
to half obey
 
in reality 
my socks fall down
 
from the county shack detest 
that is yesterday’s mirror 
from the instrument 
of the last
 
the pitch of the cello 
the colour of machinary 
but what else is cello
 
a surprise urgence 
interferes 
now that’s where i sit 
i anticipate a night 
punching this expressive art 
being pushed 
being not merely watching 
a performance for miserly days
 
goals 
plainly set out 
to half obey
 
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