I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
He walks naked to the window,
looks out across the city, the ancient walls,
the trawlers cinched tight along the promenade,
the dogs sleeping in clusters among the piled nets
and the first hint of light that arrives,
messenger between the hours of sleep, thin line
that holds the horizon to its edge, that holds
his throat to the horizon so that every vista
is a lanyard over-tightened, a clothesline tied
to the olive tree and swallowed by its bark,
a dream he left that followed him in daylight,
oil lamps burning for the blind, fireflies at dawn,
pain’s logic, the lantern in the midday sun—
he dresses slowly like the hangman......................Stephanos Papadopoulos
@tonygig Thank you very much :) @colleenbrown88 Thanks very much - there's no mystery, I know exactly who, where, what and when...I just choose not to share ;) @andy3168 Thanks very much :) @karlow75 I have no idea but he's holding his breath for some time now... @juliedduncan Thanks veyr much - you may be right ;) @888rachel I wouldn't have thought so... @gigiflower Yes...but they're not my footprints... @alinz Nothing to be seen at all, just foot prints... @wearing0 Thanks very much :) @shazzym Thank you very much :) @annied No comment
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He walks naked to the window,
looks out across the city, the ancient walls,
the trawlers cinched tight along the promenade,
the dogs sleeping in clusters among the piled nets
and the first hint of light that arrives,
messenger between the hours of sleep, thin line
that holds the horizon to its edge, that holds
his throat to the horizon so that every vista
is a lanyard over-tightened, a clothesline tied
to the olive tree and swallowed by its bark,
a dream he left that followed him in daylight,
oil lamps burning for the blind, fireflies at dawn,
pain’s logic, the lantern in the midday sun—
he dresses slowly like the hangman......................Stephanos Papadopoulos
Thought it apt!
Cool shot!
@ukandie1 Thanks very much :)
@lifepause Straight back at ya ;)
@pandorasecho Thanks very much - my jeans were too tight for a giant step ;)
@divast8er Really? Okay then... ;)
@epcello Thanks very much :)
@pusspup Wet feet again... :(
@eyeamlisa Thanks very much :)
@maggiemae Quite apt, thanks
@homeschoolmom Thanks very much indeed :)
@rosiekerr Thanks very much - bit chilly for swimming!
@joemuli A very wet postcard ;)
@annied That's a shame...
@vignouse Thank you very much
@amandal Monday! Can't wait!
@colleenbrown88 Thanks very much - there's no mystery, I know exactly who, where, what and when...I just choose not to share ;)
@andy3168 Thanks very much :)
@karlow75 I have no idea but he's holding his breath for some time now...
@juliedduncan Thanks veyr much - you may be right ;)
@888rachel I wouldn't have thought so...
@gigiflower Yes...but they're not my footprints...
@alinz Nothing to be seen at all, just foot prints...
@wearing0 Thanks very much :)
@shazzym Thank you very much :)
@annied No comment