The blinding argumentative glare
of darkness rolls in
at around four in the morning
and it rolls
its tongue, it slavers
and slurs, it begs and it stains
with insult, it disdains and pours
scorn on the eyes, as the narrow focus
of mock slit readiness
is installed
like a sergeant on parade
who first gets a sense of deviant
gratification at the prospect of pissing
down someone’s ear, of making them squirm
for having the audacity of sleeping till four
in the morning when they should
be alert…
This argument is won,
however it is I who
pisses down the nose with steaming
accuracy of nature’s clock,
for I am ready, I have been all night
and my weapon,
armed, cocked and loaded
with keyboard instruction
is primed, polished
to see the
expectation, the desire of the day
beaten again.
Ian D. Hall 2015