Atomic Clock
by Patricia Walsh
Give me my direction
And no one gets hurt.
Compassing my intentions
Magnetising my fate.
Past closing time
Drinking to finity
Burnt legit property
Shudders the room.
Evacuate the home
Incinerate to impunity
Asking God for a script
To address the dilemma.
Various powers that be
Sail past with intent
Evicting trouble
From long-term hubris.
The dark abseiling
Surreal speeches
Belligerent statements
Cooked to a crisp.
The music’s over
The stench pervades
An marginal home
Not speaking too quickly.
A wasted phone call
In the next room
Not even replying
An aborted diatribe.
Closing time, it is
Home fulled with lead
Nor more coffee
To feul your ire.
Nasty boy, indeed
Fluctuating in anger
I am nice as pie
To cover your sin.
Revelation time
Giving notice, enough
To poison elsewhere
To inbecilic infinity.
A minitiature inferno
Does not pass muster
With me anyway, with
You laughing nonchalantly.
Your bloodied arm
Your obvious temper
Your own worst enemy
Calling the shots.
Wasting battery time
To abuse those at hand
You burgle peace of mind
For your satisfaction.
The revolution will be edited.
Broadcast all the same
Dismantle other’s property
For a simple pleasure.
That is all, I admit.
Returning home, I sink
Into reflected anger
A tirade over nothing.
Writers Bio
Patricia Walsh was born and raised in the parish of Mourneabbey, Co Cork, Ireland. To date, she has published one novel, titled The Quest for Lost Eire, in 2014, and has published one collection of poetry, titled Continuity Errors, with Lapwing Publications in 2010. She has since been published in a variety of print and online journals. These include: The Lake; Seventh Quarry Press; Marble Journal; New Binary Press; Stanzas; Crossways; Ygdrasil; Seventh Quarry; The Fractured Nuance; Revival Magazine; Ink Sweat and Tears; Drunk Monkeys; Hesterglock Press; Linnet's Wing, Narrator International, The Galway Review; Poethead and The Evening Echo.
Inspirational Image
by Sami Ha Zen
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