Almanac Poetry: ‘the live sherrin’ – Bill Wootton

 

 

the live sherrin

 

leaps with latent energy

pops and darts

fizzes from fingers

until

 

the line is crossed

 

at which time it becomes

a dead thing

lolls

on its stitching

 

but back

on the live surface

it charges and spits

defies evenness

of bounce

 

attracts addicts

lures flesh

 

more of me more more

flick me kick me

punch me

celebrate my arc

 

land me

lace out

in soft hands

send me straight

between the big ones

 

 

 

 

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