Bread
Down at Marco’s
you used to be able
to get a job
off the books
& the bakers
would stay up all night
so as not to be late
for the 4am starts
& there used to be
a boy
that hung around
his sweet smile
hiding
explosive rage
that was sitting
inside of him
waiting
for his pregnant girlfriend
to die in delivery
her bubble gum bursting
for the last time
not long after
he punched out
the two front teeth
of a slender queen
The Government Has Decided to Lay Siege on My Marriage
friends don’t know where to
look
I shout
she scratches
& between us
we figure out
how
to fill in the form correctly
after ten attempts
passwords just become
more words
&
blackbirds
are now looking
for new gardens
they no longer seem interested
in our make shift pool
with the cat shit lilo
chilling at the deep end
next to the plants
that beg like spoilt children
Old Fashioned
There was one pub
that would serve us
though we were underage
but the place was big
& so we hid
out back
she was often there
a day drinker
like her man
famed
for showing
her snatch
after one too many
some said
they got off on it
instigated situations
others said
it was just
old fashioned fun
one night
on the way out
they were in the car park
with a video camera
we mooned the lens
& he said
‘that’s right
get your balls out too’
Paphos
The night before
my brother’s wedding
I saw my ex-girlfriend’s
parents
walking past the pub
two fucking
thousand
miles
and I see their sunburnt faces
waddling up the road
she was alright
shy & in the shade
of his gut
but he hated me
& I felt much the same
later we drank tequila
and my brother
had to use
the dance floor mirrors
to reach the toilet
bouncing along
against his own reflection
like a daddy long legs
Danny D. Ford’s debut
collection 'Slides for Alberto' was
published in May 2021 by Between Shadows Press. His poetry,
illustrations and photography have appeared in various titles including 'Double Feature' (by John Dorsey &
Mike James) & 'Perforated By Sirens'
(co-authored with Mark Anthony Pearce) Analog Submission Press 2021
& 2020 respectively, Albany Poets, Cacti Fur, Dumpster Fire
Press, Inefável, Horror Sleaze Trash, Dumpster Fire Press, Punk Noir
Magazine, Cephalo Press, Superpresent Magazine, Ancient Heart
Magazine, Black Listed Magazine, Dark Lane Quarterly Collaborative,
Lazybox, Bare Hands, BS Poetry
Magazine, Coronaverses, & Winamop.
‘The Unfolding Head’ is co-founder & compère of Dust Your Broom & print
collective Never Kill a Rainbow, in
Bergamo, Italy, where he lives and works as an English teacher.
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