Tom Billsborough

If you are water do not expect to resemble rocks. If you are rock, do not attempt to flow. The soft tongue does not imitate the teeth. Hard teeth do not imitate the tongue.…

Abandoned room Ownerless house The emptiness stalks Beneath my words.

Below me, grey waves break, As brittle slates scooped up From cavernous seas And I the village doomed to wait…

A black cat In a cellar at Midnight. At first sight a failed photo Swimming in a dish of hypo…

Je suis un souffle de vent Ici maintenant mais bientôt oublie Et bien sure la rose conserve Sa gloire depuis seulement un petit jour.…

Eve's, I believe. Adam's mmmm. A cantilever problem, Up front, that is.…

The hands revolve but Time is mere illusion, That old traditional God of hope and fear, Imposing patterns for our behaviour, Our constant shadow.…

Descend the spiral staircase To a stone-flagged floor And once again confront That green door…

Oh dear what shall become Of Two Fat ladies stuck in the John. They shout and they shout But there's no-one to hear…

Stone columns heave under the weight of Time, The door hangs slackly as indifference. The baronial hall an unwelcoming Spectre of dust and silence.…

Bri, Billie Bunny bred Barbara Bunny. Barbara blinked, bounced brighly, became beautiful. Boyfriend Ben bought Barabara beneficial blessings, birthday bargains: Black boots, banana…

She leans on a wall, Which is completely green. Her mouth is open And she recites a sweet verse.…

A LEGAL QUESTION Are there any injuries In Juries…

The Mortal remains upon the couch While Buzzo and Fizzo are applying suction To his mouth. His tongue And undigested food fly out.…

Fresh blows the gale towards my home. Timbers creak beneath the storm. Sails fill out like bellied girls The measure of our joy unfurls.…