SAM DUCKOR-JONES
Full Length Mirror
everyone’s putting out in public & werkin best reflections
clocked in walk-in-wardrobes loos shop windows hubcaps &
backs of phones we twirl we tuck pout pucker highlight
we hide we reveal
like
birds of paradise famously & ba boons well &
the dog with her pheromones mongrels at the gate &
those who ask for photographic proof of bandied talent
if the hour is right you might get a
sequined wink from the moon boys
it’s when the light is low that
hairy pots start to look real nice
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On Intimacy
Before
when I used to go round with the ocean late night hook
ups drunken punch ups surprising me with a present in love
again the next morning tantrums frightening sometimes I
remember but I like to be pinned down don’t you like to be
pinned down?
The day before my thirtieth I hooked up with a mountain &
the mountain took it seriously now I’m married to the mountain
& that’s a domination . . . of a different colour in the winter
I spend baggy hours paleing in his shadow
I did get away for a day last week to south of Awakina the ocean
puffed his savoury chest we wrestled saucily til dusk went to bed
with slap marks all over & kisses in my eyebrows . . .
Old mountain he knows he’s a mensch cuckold he’s old
he does his best so I guess I’ll hang around plus
he’s introduced me to this river his mate who is beautiful &
focused driven interested in the world affectionate but
with seasonal temper & on the same page as me more or less when it
comes to a coastal urge
Meanwhile all my friends are
pregnant & getting divorced & dying
I’ll stick with this mountain till Christmas by then all the
ceremonies will be done & stale pledges nullified see me flicking
through my contacts got my eye on you Puponga
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sam Duckor-Jones is famous in Featherstone for being unmarried and uninterested. He doesn’t mow his lawns either. He just potters around in the garage. Oh ok, sometimes he falls in love. Sam also completed the MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters in 2017.