Stats - Day 24

poems written = 61

poems written per day = 2.5417

poems remaining = 17

required poems per day = 2.3333

75PoWriMo - LXI

three "must get here"s


i)

predicting
our
reunion
thus
holding
off
sleep

ii)
alone
this
home's
oddly
silent

iii)

attended
radius
another
minute
inches
slowly

75PoWriMo - LX

(appropriated) bedroom windows



   and  it starts like this
     i  look through the glass
  know  every detail of the facade yet nothing
that's  behind what light bounces from
  life  passes by in a blur
   but  this view is immobile
    it  is my permanent backdrop
 still  and stoic as the vortex
 sucks  the details into oblivion

75PoWriMo - LIX

a mundane but perfect moment



swarming
with the commuter shoal this morning
through the crowded concourse
i was on course
for an architecturally-haired young man wearing
a cheap ill-fitting suit who was staring
at the cleaners' cart
from which he was maybe eight men apart
at this point the soundtrack in my cans
began
the gentle drum roll intro to a tune
the timing could not have been more opportune
i watched as the young man raised up
his empty take-away cappuccino cup
and with laudable insouciance and a quick
half-disguised flick
of his wrist propelled the rubbish toward that bin
slowly trundling away from him
and as i watched as that tumbling cup fell
the music in my ears started to swell
and as i watched it glide
into its goal without touching the sides
the song kicked in its first sforzando chord
i had to fight my hands not to applaud
the young man's stony face allowed a tiny grin
of triumph in celebration of this win



literally as soon as this happened i thought that i finally had a way to use this title supplied to me by the lovely @likecrazypaving