Look
Look closely and you’ll see I am not here. Listen to these convincing noises.
Observe my empathetic nodding. Engaged without listening, I am here,
and yet I am not. Behind these eyes, I am in a dusty album between
old pages of black sugar paper. See how I am grey and balding,
but my hair is long and ginger. I appear serious, but I am
smiling through a pair of round NHS spectacles,
wearing denim on a spring day in Bradford,
with someone you have never met.
No, I am not here. And in
truth, I have not
been for
some
time.
Published August 2017 Obsessed With Pipework
Cover Design by Graham Higgins
Jonathan Humble 