DRIVER 0830
Agapanthus
The death of the lily of the Nile:
capsules filled with fine black seeds.
Child shakes his guilty head; denial
Of what it is the plant needs.
Capsules filled with fine black seeds
to be kept cool in sand ‘til sowing
of what it is the plant needs
if the plant is to continue growing.
To be kept cool in sand ‘til sowing
stow the body out of sight
if the plant is to continue growing
herculean moths drop night.
Stow the body out of sight.
Child shakes his guilty head, denial.
Herculean moths drop night:
the death of the lily, of the Nile.
round table
And now still they strike
Strike still and they won
-‘t still they rise and know
Hostilely strand wet ink
Set in and they still work
At [inserted: Why not?] skill
Retained thy wonts skill
And still now they strike
Listen: deathly… Nits work
And still they strike won
-der stealthily town(s)ink
Rites and still they know
Transited ills they know
Stand yet own their skill
A worthlessly tinted ink
Still and now they strike
Nakedly thirst wilts one
They installed. Isn’t work
Deathly silent? Nits work
Will they stand, strike? No.
Little risks and they won
-‘t sedentary with no skill
still and they now strike
At wry slosh, entitled ink
A worthlessly tinted ink
Tally din these nits work
Now and still they strike
Trysts headline lit know
Adherents witty no skill
Reskill that destiny won
‘t list delayers. Think: Won.
A whorl’s entitled sty ink
-y twits enthroned a skill
Is nett nils deathly work?
They will stand, strike, no?
Now: and they still strike.
Dave Drayton worked at a single-screen cinema whose owner claimed to have invented tight-arse Tuesdays.
