With some reluctance
I must confess to you
I found myself
At the Inland Revenue
Opening the door
To an enormous queue
I waited in line...
Forever. As you do.
Filling in forms
Of great quantity
Ticking boxes
Writing illegibly
Contradicting myself
In the fine details
Starting again
Numerous fails
Trying to recall
Things I did
While avoiding
A blatant fib
Tricky questions
Mopping my brow
Looking guilty
Sweating now
Escape at last
Recover with wine
From IRD forms
Labyrinthine
Categories:
illegibly, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Crazed beyond this fragile manuscript
ink now bled out in caustic flow
emptying my mind of the clutter
pouring from a heart beat’s mechanism
grinding gears of rusted thoughts
handwriting illegibly unrecognizable
scratched into burned edge parchment
pleading for destinations
across borderlines and wastelands
calloused fingers write…poetry
between broken dishes and pot luck cuss words
folded, creased and left lying on the desk
gathering deadly dust particles
behind the barricaded door
of cranial creativity…
seeping
Categories:
illegibly, poetry,
Form: Free verse