Kevin Gillam is a West Australian writer. His first book of poems,
entitled Other Gravities, was published in 2003, and he has
had numerous other poems appear in journals and literary magazines
throughout Australia and New Zealand. He works in Perth as a secondary
school music teacher, free-lance 'cellist and creative writing tutor.
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©
2007 Kevin
Gillam
times two
you peel pith from every ball of
hour.
you lasso the moon, scour it for its
other side.
you kneel and sip from the cup of
denial.
your body bricks then
folds flimsy.
you trial sleep inside
blink.
you decide your weather is not
yours.
you accept the logic of sweat eroding
cotton.
you know its Tuesday, like
yesterday.
your brood is too thick for the
straw.
you make a web in angst's
cornice.
you'd call it "swimming through
honey."
you've a palaeontologist's
touch.
you are but a thousand chalky
remnants.
you turn, say nothing
and everything
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