trois choses
by Laura Dyer
Then there are days
when under the strains
of the hiccupping sirens and
growling pavement
the city submits
to the dragging of feet
to the wishful
thinking
of a worn down wick
That’s seen better nights
And when it rains
the city will cough
indignant like a stubborn flame
confronted
with the possibility of spluttering out
Amour, toux et fumée en ne secret sont demeurée.
(Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide)
These Are Fragments by Laura Dyer is a previously published work. For information about the publication history of These Are Fragments, please read the Acknowledgements (Acknowledgements & Thanks).
ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-01-1
Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer - Cover Image by Zdeněk Tobiáš