SST

Question 1

Ferry man’s arms

Answer 1

• Half pint of Guinness
• Black did the vanishing trick
• unpotted colours
• Pool table hummed to its self in the corner
• I looked around for a cue
• for next time

Question 2

11:00 Baldovan

Answer 2

• Base camp
• Are ye sure? Are ye sure?
• streets that forget there names.
• voices sound funny
• I am obscurely worried
• houses are good

Question 3

Waking with Russell

Answer 3

• face-to-face
• like lovers
• four day old smile
• possessed him
• till it did not fall or waver
• I pledge myself to you forever

Question 4

The circle

Answer 4

• steadies his brush tip
• his hand shakes
• he screws it up
• flutter in his signature
• trust to Krishna
• bring your fist down like a stone

Question 5

Rain

Answer 5

• streaming down her upturned face
• one big thundering down pour
• women sits alone, beside a silent telephone
• girl walks over the overpass
• forget the ink, the milk, the blood
• none, none of this matters.