broken heart strings
clock springs
other things,
synergies
streamers from the wharf
10 pound boat trip
migrant ship
energies,
path to your door
hair curls,
chimney smoke
shavings falling
from
grandfathers wood plane
smelt of warm pine,
then cutting oil, swarf
from the lathe
in metal work,
orange peel
butter for the Christmas dinner
yellowed essay pages
literary prize
as an undergraduate
ticket from the train
I left at your gate
b/w’s
when I was six
to
double figures ,10
all curled memories
them,
corkscrews of life
curled into
who I am;
they
twist at my soul
one day
laid out , uncurled
unfurled
to unwind