Paul Hardacre
Crokodil Tears

sleeps in a jumper
disconnects wakes
in a doorway

well before dawn
searches pockets

for coins needle junk candle
the art of the dark continent

thinks about morning
it is taken in spoonfuls

considers himself leviathan
master of flesh inertia

removes everything
leaves only
parhelion eyes

the focus,
heightened by need

ties off
highways
disconnects.
 

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