Category: Moments
poems, quotes, short shorts
July5th
The seconds, the hours, the time
I don’t write
sharks do bite
At first, the pain
I somehow wain
but the sharks keep biting
deep, into my flesh
into my vein
There’s golden staph
on their teeth tips
I know, I’ll die
if the words inside me
I do keep
I want to weep
like a mother
wants to keep a grown child
but I don’t
I won’t
The words form like lava
Unseen, unnoticed,
ready to erupt
And no matter, whether
I decide
to keep them in
or let them out
The words sprout
just as sharks
always bite.
Andrew Mansell, 4 JUL 2015.
September3rd

Photo by Quinton Malfait
Get out of the rain, tells the naked man
Turn on your headlights, tells the driver of a black car
Eat your vegies, tell the parents of a concrete garden
Support the environment, tell the directors of oil corp
I’m tired, you tell but you sleep with the light on
Mind your own business,
I’m told as I look through a broken window.
Andrew Mansell, September 2014.
December8th
A
Boy
Could
Do
Everything
For
Girl’s
Happiness
Including
Jam
Kind
Love
Meaningfully
Not
Only
Perfectly
Quite
Rigidly
Seamed
Together
Ultimately
Vividly
Waiting
Xenia
Yielding
Zest.
Andrew Mansell, March 2010.
Know your ABCs?
September25th
On a good day nonfiction may tell you the world, whereas fiction will show you the universe.
Andrew Mansell, September 2013.
September1st
After sunrise the moon stayed high
Water and milk mixed in my cup
The earth spun slower, the world sped up
Life expectancy rose for the human race
Not for the lab rat or monkey face.
The phone rang without tone
An executive sales officer spoke
Told of steak, veg, apple pie
in a certified organic capsule
Told of a boy who died a girl
And the hairs upon my chest
could be forever removed
Retirement is a lifestyle choice.
I told the salesperson
Cats and dogs can be friends
Machines can really talk
Not only prisoners are behind bars
And I killed someone and got away
Next time take the time to knock
The end of the world will be predicted
right before it happens.
He hung up before I could say
The more we know
the further the universe expands
The less we know
It goes on, much the same.
Andrew Mansell, September 2013.