{"id":10635,"date":"2022-04-27T20:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=10635"},"modified":"2022-04-27T20:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:22:28","slug":"january-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/27\/january-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"January Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"

January Fragments<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

January
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bleak month<\/p>\n

Why do you torment the year<\/p>\n

With your narrow thoughts<\/p>\n

You are alone as few follow you<\/p>\n

\n

January (Veils)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have never removed your final veil<\/p>\n

As your sisters have<\/p>\n

I know what lies beneath your modesty<\/p>\n

It is not a mystery<\/p>\n

Even the most rigid of months<\/p>\n

Desires my moist touch<\/p>\n

Remove your veil<\/p>\n

And adopt repose<\/p>\n

\n

January (White Angels)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are the white streetlights on this lonely road<\/p>\n

The frozen angels of God<\/span><\/p>\n

I have never considered this before<\/p>\n

Whilst driving<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Inside I am Dancing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inside I am dancing<\/p>\n

But only you can see my rapid shadows<\/p>\n

On the hollow stage<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

An Understanding of Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

An Understanding of Time was watching the electric trains<\/p>\n

As they passed his bedroom window<\/p>\n

He had designed the pantographs<\/p>\n

And was interested in their performance<\/p>\n

His wife was named Vector<\/p>\n

She had little or no interest in the concepts of time<\/p>\n

As she slept quietly in their marital bed<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Summerbird<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each morning I search the skies<\/p>\n

Hoping that I might witness your return<\/p>\n

But you are far away<\/p>\n

Celebrating the polarity of the white sun<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hannah Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have sent six gentlemen to assassinate my queen
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

This is now the end of my beginning<\/em><\/p>\n

Hannah Thursday said to her fellow passengers on the train<\/p>\n

She knew that hounds were waiting for her at every station<\/p>\n

But chose not to look at them as she passed by<\/p>\n

\n

Fires Were Started\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fires were started<\/p>\n

I could see them burning fiercely<\/p>\n

In the decaying mist<\/p>\n

Morning was only hours away<\/p>\n

And I knew that these fires<\/p>\n

Would burn without inhibition<\/p>\n

Deep into the following day<\/p>\n

I had to make haste and warn my magical friends<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Grey Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Havel the poet has returned from the mountains<\/p>\n

He told me that the moon was grey<\/p>\n

\n

Although I believed him<\/p>\n

(there was no reason not to)<\/em><\/p>\n

I felt that I needed to know more<\/p>\n

\n

So I left my home in the valley<\/p>\n

And began to walk towards the mountains<\/p>\n

\n

Oh Superman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please do not open your eyes<\/p>\n

As I do not want to shame<\/p>\n

Your tormented gaze<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Poetry Field<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have not seen you for months<\/p>\n

As the darkness shields our engagement<\/p>\n

But your warm hand caresses me<\/p>\n

As I search for you<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2018<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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