you poked a hole
in my chest and hoovered
my heart out
you burgled me
while I was busy
blagging you
it was a riot
sure
that hit home
like a baton round
when you took off
when I got remanded
in my own custody
see you, see if
I ever see you again
I'll deck you
with kisses
I'll plant you
in my breast
About James Ian Bell
James Ian Bell is a Melbourne poet. A collection of his poems,
Welcome Abroad, was published in 2010 by Ginninderra Press under the Indigo imprint edited by Alan Gould and Geoff Page.
Welcome Abroad is available through
the Ginninderra Press web site. “Everyone’s an immigrant in Welcome Abroad, the new collection of transcendental low-fi poetry by James Ian Bell.” Contact James
via email.
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