POETRY: BOILING KETTLES WHILST SPEAKING BY PAUL TRISTRAM

“He’s arrogant when he’s drunk

and he’s drinking all the time.

He thinks he’s special that one.

He gets violent if you fuck with him

and pissed if you talk behind his back.

I’ve tried my best to reason with him

but he just won’t give in and see things

all my way, I give up, I truly do?”

Said the Blackened Pot, Martyredly

whilst everyone else in the kitchen,

including the mirror facing him,

sat quietly listening wide-mouthed

and with head-shaking wonderment.

Written by Paul Tristram