Wednesday 3 December 2008

Full Stop by Nathan Bednarek

A dash –
a semicolon;
always just a-
head of each line;
like the ‘out of bounds’ sign –
perhaps I should grow a spine.

Perhaps I should finish my sent –
Instead of conjunctions,
why not for once,
a question mark?
‘May I have this dance?’
Why not?

A drink?
Perhaps a colon:
a list of words
potentially
forming a dialogue
and a suggestive ellipsis...

or the ambiguous brackets
(a slightly tilted head),
and a long-pause
after full stop
when she just can’t help
but smile.

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