Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Day 4: Ashley

Entangled like a

string of MP3 earbuds dragged

from the depths of an overstuffed pocket

which have cleverly and inexplicably contorted

into slip

knots, granny knots and

hangman’s nooses and I waste

precious painstaking moments

unravelling unfastening undoing and unworking

each and every entanglement

before I begin trying to remember what I wanted to hear.

Ashley Lister

3 comments:

Lara Clayton said...

Like. Really liked it when the poem listed a few different knot types - gives it a real depth.

Ashley Lister said...

The idea came to me last night when I was dropping off to sleep. I was surprised it was still in my head when I woke up this morning.

Thank you.

David said...

Sounds like my telephone wires...