By Geoffrey Aitken
it is possible
to feel out of sorts
some days
not wanting to wait
at the lights
nor allow the traffic
to subside
and city dust
to settle
until later you realise
it isn’t your moment
the pitch not right
the match inexact
so cautiously you take yourself
home
and watch re-runs
hoping to see yourself
facing down adversity.
personally
i mute the ads
to limit anxiety
Geoffrey Aitken writes on Adelaide’s unceded Kaurna land, an awarded minimalist poet who communicates his ‘lived experience disability’ for publishers [AUS] and [UK, US, HR, CAN, FR & CN]. Recently, ‘STREETCAKE’ [UK], ‘ZinDaily’ [HR] & ‘unusual work’ [AUS]. Now at ‘Stepaway Magazine’ [UK] & soon at ‘Vilas Avenue’, [US] & ‘Social Alternatives’ [AUS]. Nominated Best of the Net in 2022.
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