Back To Front and Beyond

the bottom lines scripted peripheries in a mirror a headline toppled and reversed time and place left became right and wrong pretended its centre denuded illusions spoke in forked shiny tongues lingua franca became subversive and spun yarns and the spike of a spindle put wool over her eyes prologues anticipated an apocalyptic message hindsight firmly foreclosed unhinged shutters framed in warped memories she recollected blinds and veiled faces curtained in rags holes and apertures appeared in the lore essence void of existence smudged in tears she relived captions and small printed subtexts post-scripted antecedents and false premises edited reminders and pasted virtuous contrasts until meaning blocked out the pain of denial a book mark covered in dust had refused to fade and sealed approval onto questions and doubts 22nd June 2020