SURVIVING THE SAID.

Fundamentalists react to their somewhat
Compacted ideas until they are blown up by their
Sullen actions. Unbeknown to themselves
They are only mimicking the motions
Of the observed.
When stationary the reserved are often
To be seen mumbling absurdities at each
Other and applying themselves to the
Problems of the never present.
Unfortunately the two lines run
Adjacent from a central point until
They close ranks and encircle the players
Within, who, to no avail, insist upon
Their informal realities, whilst the
Circle is the antithesis of this.
They tend to overlook the alternatives and
Continue debating the apparently
Unattainable.
All this is absolute bollocks compared
To the features of your countenance;
The slant of your eyes and curl of your
Mouth – fuck the rhetorical, theoretical and theological –
Embrace the physical, unread the book, listen to
The sound of muscles moving, straining against
Their restraints, doing their thing.
Long may it survive instead.