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Revolution NOW [04]: Vertical

By Csilla Toldy

Vertical

Engines fly in layers
compulsively stirring
the snow inside the billow

Clouds sponge up the sun.

Before reaching land
the long distance traveller
evaporates without a trace

Seagulls cry in the window.

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Towering panes reflect
fragmented memories
of erect ambition

Hanging on radio waves.

Ignored sparks of desire
send secret lovers to the stakes –
walking pillars, in flames

Smoking kills the blues.

The hips curve, shooting
painless twists of the tongue –
kisses missed in a rush

Headless passengers run.

The city plays the drum on the feet,
sensing rebellious spines:
heartbeats to measure its time

The dance is macabre.

Headstuff are accepting poems on the theme of Revolution NOW until 5 Feb — see our current call for submissions for more details.

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Born in Budapest. Csilla's poems appeared in Snakeskin, Fortnight, Poetry Monthly, SALA anthology, Poetry24, A New Ulster, short and long listed for The Bridport Prize and Fish Poetry Prize
A poetry chapbook with the title : Red Roots - Orange Sky was published by Lapwing Belfast in 2013 and a short anthology of memoir, short fiction and poetry in March 2015, with the title The Emigrant Woman’s Tale by the same publisher. Forthcoming: A chapter of poetry in Mothers and Sons Centering Mother Knowledge - Demeter Press, Bradford, Canada.