Poetry Drafts / 26 April 2016

A GOOD DAY FOR TART

A new day is
dawning, your
silent comfort
interrupted by
green faces’ stare
from beyond the
tree line,
whispers of
librarians burning
their bras in a
desert mirage,
fishnet stockings
fluttering in a
tree nearby,
today will be
a good day for
tart

About The Author

Hayden Veil

In an earlier incarnation, Hayden Veil enjoyed a successful career in software engineering, writing late-night poetry in pursuit of sanity. On 2 February 2020, the world of Hayden Veil changed: Ghosts became real and with its soul laid bare there was no turning back from the perpetual path of poetry.