DANIEL CARTWRIGHT-CHAOUI
The Bristol Road
straight down
the middle
where the tram
tracks
used to lie
and now
just
hundreds
of lime trees
pressed against
an orange sky
and whilst
we’re stopped
at all the red
lights
briefly
all we can see
is the outline
of all of
this
Colic
The oblivion of the hour
estranged new
born sounds
and the call of an owl
Bare feet padding
on a cold kitchen floor
Somewhere,
the night closes the door
unfurls the dawn
and a man
wakes
to pray for
a grandson
he doesn’t know he has
Daniel Cartwright-Chaoui is a writer and gardener from Birmingham, England. His work has previously been published in Brand Magazine, Pulp Poets Press, Bodies on Bodies Magazine and The Cannon’s Mouth.
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