Tuesday 13 November 2018

These hands

These hands want to make things
like tables or boats
not push words around a screen.

The president did not attend the war cemetery
because it was raining.
How could I improve upon such an infamy?

Words are for cyber bullying and fake news
and, anyway, they are mainly clichés
beads of light strung on  long chains.
Soon, they will spun from giant lie machines.

Strictly hunk is Celebrity love cheat.
Desolate Dec blasts Toxic Towie tomboy.

These hands do not want to message
or to add value to a brand.
They want to push umbrellas through the rain
hold coffee mugs, or play the ukulele.

These hands want to make things.