Five Poems by Dominik Slusarczyk

 

 

 

Sleep Easily

 

I can’t afford doors. 

People just kind of come in and 

We chat about our separate lives. 

We are rainbows glowing in the night.

 

 

Alarm

 

Just because I said it was doesn’t mean it will be forever because time changes us all into feathers that have been discarded by beautiful birds.

 

 

Christening

 

I can’t help but stare 

At your beautiful hair. 

 

It is long and luscious and Luxembourg. 

It is straight and black and at half-mast. 

It is silky and so so smooth. 

It is more than this wooden door 

But less than your hugging dress 

But the same as my cold hard pain. 

 

You never told me to go away 

So I stayed for hours.

 

 

Giving

 

Friendship starts with a wish for gnomes with fun hats friendship starts with a wish for unicorns with golden horns become the unicorn with me you can be whichever end you like. 

 

 

Logical

 

Usually I get off 

But today I will stay on. 

 

Usually I sit alone 

And today is no different. 

 

Usually I cry, 

Once or twice. 

 

Usually I make many mistakes. 

Usually I mould miracles. 

 

Usually I leave space for dreaming. 

Today I filled the air with fire. 

 

Today I filled the air with fire.

 

Dominik Slusarczyk is an artist who makes everything from music to painting. He was educated at The University of Nottingham where he got a degree in biochemistry. His poetry has been published in various literary magazines including California Quarterly and Taj Mahal Review. His poetry was nominated for Best of the Net by New Pop Lit, and was a finalist in a couple of competitions.