In eyes something pale and shifted
to become so hungry
to wait for thinnest wafers
in formica city hangers
where aeroplanes smear terracotta
with perfect posture
into lines and structures
 
Oh hungry eyes hung on jets
there is ice cream in the clouds
and rainbows and lightning
and a wheelbarrow in the sun
oh hungry eyes give me you
oh hungry eyes give me your straw
I am waiting for the sky to open
with perfect posture
standing with stars in my joints
 
So polish your brass doorknob
polish your walnut and your black pen
polish all of France and find the port
clip your heels up on wet stone deck
to that black sausaged steam, green bound
and we will go to where we can be born
into the sun, into lines and structures
standing with stars in our joints after sun
a little house or a little scorpion or a centaur
tacked into the noticeboard
chests pointed at the next galaxy
hungry eyes hung on jets
and rainbows and lightning
 
Come seven day advance
give me that slip
I would leave tomorrow for you
if I could and whip across the whole wet country
in a tired plush train
smelling dusty teabag and the breath of children
hungry eyes
hungry eyes
something paler and shifted
standing in sky-high windows
with perfect posture

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