it cannot be considered indecency
to imagine pure pleasure
under the tree the one you jog past
every morning as i wait alone
for buses
so crowded by fears
you see in these communities
out of nothing comes something
since railways and motorways and passageways
bring voices often still humming
as pale winter dawns on us
as if we were all expecting sun forever
Paul Robert Mullen is from Liverpool and has been published in literary magazines, e-zines, and journals such as The Interpreter’s House, Dreamcatcher, Dodging The Rain, The Foxglove Journal, Blossom In Winter, and The Canon’s Mouth. He also has three collections out on Coyote Creek Books (San Jose, California): curse this blue raincoat (2017), testimony (2018), and 35 (2018). He has also been interviewed about his work by various radio stations, magazines, and newspapers, most notably Sean Styles on BBC Radio Merseyside in September.
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