vino e panini con Michelangelo

I

sometimes it’s necessary to mess with (reality)

our obsession with logic compels us

to mow our lawns every Sunday –

we’d all paint the grass if we could

II

blow-up!

blow your mind up

make your mind up

blow your makeup

III

wine & sandwiches in Rome

London owes you a decade

God’s hand will rest on your shoulder

along the Po di Volano, at rest in Ferrara

First published in Tincture Journal Issue 14, June 2016. -Note that all back issues of the great Tincture Journal are now available for free download at http://tincture-journal.com/buy-a-tincture/

Subsequently published in The Frequency of God, Close-Up Books, December 2017

Author: Mark William Jackson

Mark William Jackson's work has appeared in various print and online journals, including Best Australian Poems 2011, Going Down Swinging, Cordite, Popshot (UK), Rabbit, Page Seventeen, SpeedPoets and The Diamond & the Thief. Mark's debut poetry collection "The Frequency of God" is available now through all major outlets, see https://markwmjackson.com/the-frequency-of-god-is-now-available/ for details. View all posts by Mark William Jackson