overlooking flames of poppies in the square awaiting snow
fur hoods scoot through sub-zero gusts
observing through steamy windows of packed coffee houses sipping on flat whites dreams / imaginings of early nights snuggled in someone’s arms
movement in tents in doorways in the shadow of tram tracks lives scattered / dismembered like litter
i clench my baking mug in sorrow of sorts the kind you feel when shit goes down on the other side of the glass
bullets of rain starting to fall on the masses
BIO: Paul Robert Mullen is a poet, musician and sociable loner from Liverpool, U.K. He has three published poetry collections: curse this blue raincoat (2017), testimony (2018), and 35 (2018). He also enjoys paperbacks with broken spines, and all things minimalist.
