Sunday, 8 March 2026

The Gloaming

 Go na le mollo thabeng. Fire! Fire!


Can I run the risk of giving into the full stretch of this anguish

Tormenting my body like a reservoir hugging warm pain 

Your staccato name, a hiccup high in my throat may choke

And bloat my face shaking it loose of its signature smile 


Stumbling its way through the detritus of love in its dissolving

Pillows scented fortnightly, medleys of 6Lack & Anna Graves

Brown muffins, flat whites, and shaded hesitant hymens 

The mercury is falling, mercurial rising, silver beads of prayer


Oh, insubordinate defunct heart suffering an amnesia of telos

Pump all the grief from the valleys and lowly places within me

Flush out the effluent and let the run-off run out to the sea

Make a mermaid out of me so that I can follow it into vastness