this splintered
self, always
there and not
there—all ways
fragments
too close
to truth
his
portrait
ear-splitting
hairline cracks
eyes—iced-over
puddles
stepped
into, smashed
nose, broken
punched in
like a code
pupils;
dead flies
captured by
misshapen webs
frown thrown
off guard
skull-shatter
piece by piece
within his
lashes
a universe
on the blink
Richard Biddle aka (bid) has an MA in Performance Writing from Dartington College of Arts. His poetry and visual poetry have been published in numerous places online and in print. He teaches Creative Writing at Chichester College and tweets as @littledeaths68.
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