Two Erasures from Wasteland

by | Jan 16, 2022 | Robert Vaughan - January Day 2

Nothing earthshaking here and they need more work, although I think I returned some dignity to the bored typist and well, the dog is okay.

Unreal City,(Dogs, too, in the Wasteland)

death
sighs, short and infrequent

flow up the hill

with a dead sound
I knew,
and stop

that corpse

disturbed

the dog friend
with his nails dig it !

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A Passing on the Wasteland

at the violet hour, a taxi throbbing
between two
breasts,
brings the
typist home clears her lights
tins

her drying combinations

with one bold stare

she is bored and tired

and
bestows one patronising kiss,

finding the stairs unlit

she turns her automatic hand
beside a public
whining

and a clatter from
fishmen

the walls

inexplicable

with the turning

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