as it turns out
my brain is not a compact thing
a cluster of shards glued & barely
holding it together
pills rose-gold cloud attempt
to ease a
sledge-hammer thought
a faucet left to drip
for days
shallows in the sink
till the flat is a pool
then a shark
swims in
the news will shake you at first
but you’ll shrug it off
real quick
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Serge ♆ Neptune is a London-based poet. His work has appeared in whynow, Harana Poetry, Lighthouse, Banshee, Spontaneous Poetics, Brittle Star, Ink Sweat & Tears and Strange Poetry. His first pamphlet These Queer Merboys is published with Broken Sleep Books.