Poetry Drafts / 1 January 2021

Swallows

The bread stuffed into the toaster, then the spread
of butter on cooling… ,
Swivels of honey, imported but sweet as

…

the crunch; the crunch

I uncork the blue bottle

the crunch; the crunch

My love for Bombay Sapphire

as I

duck

& swallow

sweet

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.