Unanswered

Charles Manson died today.

The moment was punched

through the calendar

scattering time in all directions.

Through a throbbing headache

of betting shops

and concertinaed buildings

I want to love so completely that time disappears.

I try to dilute myself, a stopped clock

secured with a deadbolt in the bone marrow,

but I am governed by the unanswerable.