ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tom is a poet from Devon in the UK and has been published in Punk Noir, Bristol Noir and A Thin Slice of Anxiety.
i keep the poem in the draw by the desk
take it out of there and out of the protective cardboard
and open up the plastic wallet, lift it up to the nose and breath it in
smells of:
-YEARS -
look at it:
faded with holes,
an address written,
probably looks very different there now;
but with all the same problems
of desire and lack of resources.
it belongs here, the poem
where it is understood
no / KNOWN.
you see it speaks uniquely to beaten dogs
who see the show
with teeth
when you come around here
in your groups
and talk about how you are right,
teeth teeth teeth.
it talks of what you don’t say
of what no one says.
and only beaten dogs
understand.