Wednesday, 13 July 2016

This Isn't Heaven

A poem from 1986

Watch me perform it on YouTube...





4 white walls surround me
but this isn’t heaven

Jesus is with me
but this isn’t heaven

angels screaming
blowing their trumpets
imitating a squeaking door
but this isn’t heaven

a plastic cup oozes imaginary liquid upon a sullied floor
worn away by a million automatons
cigarette ash tarnishes it’s furrowed brow
and spent matches dance the polka
in 4/4 time

an empty sweet packet lies dead on the ground
no, this isn’t heaven
this is the factory packing hall gents smoke room

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for this reflection

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    1. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, Martin.

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