Keith Nunes

Tailored lake

the lake’s beauty 
is evident but
nothing to do with me

it’s a collection of fragments
of fabric
belonging to no-one
                                      hanging
                                                   tucked in
                                                                  draped

when I move away
someone will come
wonder why I didn’t take it with me
as though only a fool would leave this
knowing 
everything else in life is
                                                                    watered down 


Pond Life #2

Pond Life #1

Self as the mirror sees it

‘exclude as preference to include’
he said                 said                        said
                                            so we cut him out
as paper-chain profiles
hanging from the Christmas tree
                                                       hanging high enough to see himself
in the sand-made mirror
that holds him still
                               till he can’t bear reflecting
on himself

Keith Nunes (New Zealand) is spending his life writing about everything imaginable with unbounded enthusiasm.
 
 
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