Realism.

Red wine and Marlborough,

Nostalgia blossoms,

Lamprais and sweet cakes,

Candlelit solitudes.

Soy Mochas,

Adolescence missed,

Roast chicken and clocks,

Future at unease,

Unpainted walls,

Yesteryears a bliss,

Christmas and New Year’s,

Long Blacks.

Adventures unexplored,

Mistaken past,

Progression befriended,

Repainted walls.

Lust non-existent,

Procured lyrics,

Milk rice and wills,

Unbitten nails.

Love.

Reckoning.

Let ‘em lyrics hum,

The fumes may confuse,

Memories extinguished,

Lonesome exhausted.

Feelings overrated,

Memories rewritten,

Undying friendships,

Pursued nostalgia.

Margins secured,

Oh, how I must vanquish,

The rhythm speaks,

Mystical sods.

Excretions may be rewound,

Secrets forever bonded,

Music whispered.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Perspired adulthood,

Mes amis, c’est lui..

Mind.

Disillusionments to reality,

Sud et Ouest,

Home and grievance,

Much must phase.

Questions to repercussions,

Nostalgia and disillusionment,

Je ne comprends pas,

Mais, pourquoi?

Adolescence and yesteryears,

Qu’est que c’est?

Hate and fear,

Relaxation undefeated.

Frustration feted,

Joyeux, joyeux, joyeux,

Time and space,

Surrealism to nostalgia.

D’accord.

Explanations explored,

Years will bind,

Hearts will mind.

Je ne sais pas.

Life and angst,

Translated lives,

Angst and memories.

Joy,

Anger,

Bliss,

Ça va bien?

Oui, certainement monsieur.

STOP.

Pessimism to reality,

Grievance to joy,

Tears to life,

Secrets to mistakes.

Love.

Ah oui, amour..

talk.

Toothpaste and comb,

Tea towels and cinnamon,

Notes and novels,

Oh, nostalgia.

Wild sugar and mercury,

Pasta and ketchup,

Rock and stone,

Confusion – pause. 

Numbers and strangers,

Yogurt and Nana,

Glass and wine,

Turbulent dreams.

Messages and text,

Ember and paper bags,

Postcards and photos,

Sickened desires.

Tribes and race,

Landlord and barista,

Five and twenty,

Subdued thoughts.

Dance, and...

Perish?

Blasphemy.

Nonsense recruited amongst sensation,

Combine and relinquish,

Meaningless, unrequited emotions..

Speech.

thé ou de café

Morning calls,
A baffling sunrise,
Tea on the endless,
Les heures n'ont pas comptabilisée.

The rattling motor,
Enchanting journeys,
Sweat by the scratch,
Respirer, respirer, respirer

Salivating palates,
Sore feet and broken boots,
Baths on the reverse,
Mais pourquoi, c'est la vie...

Nail biting expectations,
Amazed gazes,
Sunsets by the hierarchy,
Sourire, sourire, sourire.

Rivers of tarmac,
Overwhelming nostalgia,
Goodbyes by the welcomes,
Ah, oui, tu me manques.

Transition at ease,
Humid skies,
Pains by the hunger,
Rêve, rêve, rêve.

Non-existent nights,
Glassed lives,
Breaking by the hearts,
C’est la vie..


Mais pourquoi?