{"id":71,"date":"2009-07-23T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T03:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?p=71"},"modified":"2009-07-23T22:04:17","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T03:04:17","slug":"george-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/2009\/07\/george-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"George Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fracture<\/h3>\n

George Anderson<\/a><\/em>, July 2009<\/a><\/h5>\n

The skeleton wind
\nlike sheets of sound
\nsweeps in again from the south
\nthe trees groaning-
\na semi-trailer on the escarpment down gears;
\ngrunting.<\/p>\n

It is at this moment
\nI open my eyes
\n& realise I am dreaming.
\nI hear her breathing beside me
\nin the gasping, contorted gulps
\nfor air, before she died.<\/p>\n

I hold her close-
\nthe familiar contours of her body
\netched true.<\/p>\n

She says to me, \u2018You should give your beard a trim
\nI have to live with you\u2019. In her red silk Japanese pyjamas
\nshe swims towards me, laughing.<\/p>\n

\n

New Dark Ages<\/h3>\n

George Anderson<\/a><\/em>, July 2009<\/a><\/h5>\n

In the new dark ages he
\nattempts to record an ironic<\/p>\n

tribute to the facile
\nessence of man. A being<\/p>\n

who will speculate, throw
\naway all- even his family.<\/p>\n

The momentary ecstasy of
\nfalling share prices. one<\/p>\n

month earlier uptown
\ndelighted by the critique<\/p>\n

of CEO salaries: he is
\nlucky to be alive- the over<\/p>\n

burdened truck, the dodgy
\nbreaks, the over reliance<\/p>\n

on reflex. Mullet\u2019s indolent
\njoy of circles, his wheel of<\/p>\n

logic- the dim white light
\nfragmenting now-<\/p>\n

like falling leaves,
\non the lit road ahead.<\/p>\n

George Anderson lives in North Wollongong, Australia. He edits
\nthe student print magazine Ephemeral now in its sixth issue. He writes poetry as a way to trace the devolution of his thought. His chapbook \u2018Dancing On Thin Ice\u2019 can be purchased through erbacce-press (UK). His most recent work can be found on The Thin Edge of Stirring, Cause & Effect, Opium Poems, Unlikely Stories 2.0, Lit Chaos, Social Alternatives and many other fine magazines. Find out more about his world at his blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

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