Sook

Matt Hetherington
For S. B.

i don’t hide
it, i sit on
it, and until i tell
it bent, like the root
is, but don’t deny
it’s all about me
like the world
is, then horribly
i’m a stinking case
 
i live every word of
it, i assure myself
i look, ergo
i go into
it, as far as
i can take
it, i just give & give
i told you
it before
 
what’s that?

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Matt Hetherington is a writer, music-maker, teacher, and moderate self-promoter based in northern New South Wales. He has been writing poetry for over 30 years, and his sixth c collection, ‘Kaleidoscopes’, was published by Recent Work Press in September 2020. Current Inspirations are: raw garlic, vinyl played very loud through big black speakers, and the Corpse Pose. www.matthetherington.net

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