Poetry Exercises II

Pantoum (abcdbedfegfhgcha)

The fridge again, with a rattling shake  

ending the humming one-sided conversation 

sends me back to the city’s distant quiet voice 

in this too big bed, every dream gets overcrowded 

 

Ending the humming one-sided conversation 

I wake up paralysed  

                                           birds of prey were planning to ravish me 

in this too big bed, every dream gets overcrowded 

if only my funeral would be as well attended 

 

I wake up paralysed 

                                          birds of prey were planning to ravish me 

the morning paper slams through the door 

if only my funeral would be as well attended 

perhaps this night’s riddles will inform the day’s vertigo 

 

The morning paper slams through the door 

sends me back to the city’s distant quiet voice 

perhaps this night’s riddles will inform the day’s vertigo 

The fridge again, with a rattling shake.