NOW YOU SEE IT...NOW YOU DON’T! <br /> <br />Two men clutching at <br />nothing until the cyclist <br /> ! smashes! through! the! glass! <br /> they had been! CRASH! carrying! <br /> World shattering into shards! <br /> ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />MOVING THE WORLD <br /> <br />Man carries the sky <br />& a flock of startled birds <br />across busy road <br />all framed by the empty frame <br />he is struggling to carry. <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />STATUE OF HER FORMER SELF <br /> <br />Venus de Milo <br />stopping traffic in the street <br />left there by the man <br />gone to find his mate...it seems <br />she’s put on a bit of weight. <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />NEW FLAT <br /> <br />Eyeball to eyeball <br />with a big crazy seagull <br />standing on a cloud <br />me safe and sound standing on <br />the 9th floor of this high rise.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/removal-tankas/
