…
almost done he says you ok if if if if yes if yes if
and if you think it could be a bird it could be although it could be the ringtone of the
smartphone someone in the adjacent booth to mine left on in locker 5 which was
not silenced which can from here be just made out
beyond the slurring whooshing impenetrable door above which
one red light is
singing out
chamber in use and the bird signs on its short loop its
leash it signs here it is here it comes again chi chi trillip trillip
chiuuu chip chip no
matter
what you do you are free it is a nightmare you are entirely free there now
careful now you can go
…
pg. 13 THE POETRY REVIEW, 2016
EDITED BY SARAH HOWE AND MAURICE RIORDAN
THEPOETRYSOCIETY
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND