Sufficiency, or, Poetic Malevolence (demo)

from The Bookshop Recordings - session 1 13.05.23 by Poetic Malevolence

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I am enough for myself
I am enough for myself
But we are not enough for you.
The words wriggle and writhe they flow they dance
They pour they cascade they incandesce
They rage they burn
The stars white.
The sun black.
They twist they turn
They wriggle they burn
Like worms on hooks
Sentences in books
Like ferrets with good looks
The wonderful Saturday Books.
The voices blend
They twist they shape they share
They ensnare
They capture your soul in their eyes
Their sparkling eyes
They see you
They know you
The words wriggle they rise they defy
Like sparks in the night sky
Bringing illumination from the dark.
We are splintered we are broken
We are moulded in gold
And honey.
Drips.
From our lips.

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from The Bookshop Recordings - session 1 13.05.23, released July 6, 2023
Written by Steven C. Davis for one of the 'Poetry Breakfasts' organised by Saturday Books in Dudley. These happen monthly and often have a theme, which was, in this case, sufficiency.

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