A Happy Family

Burrowed away in every room
Hiding from the world
and from each other,
they immolate themselves again
with their private chaos.
Trapped inside their own lives
Scorched by their close proximity
Searching for a fleeting glimpse
that might offer respite
from the shards of animosity
once again firmly in flux.
The doors are all closed
Whilst silence shrouds each room
Every ear remains alert
to any adjacent twitch
As if the smallest sound might hint
at the regret and conciliation
languishing within.
Another day buried in the
same old bitterness
Pushed out to sea
on the raft of ennui
and recrimination;
steered by expectations so misguided
and listing with heavy words
spent with such ease.
Each folds into harsh twisted sleep
Hoping to at least
play host to dreams
of happier times.

Culture - May

Gigs Attended -

Roger Waters = 'The Wall Tour', Manchester MEN Arena

Films Watched -

'Stroszek' (Werner Herzog)
'Alphaville' (Jean-Luc Godard)
'Lolita' (Stanley Kubrick)
'Audition' (Miike Takeshi)
'Nostalghia' (Andrei Tarkovsky)
'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' (Robert Enrico)
'Pink Floyd - The Wall' (Alan Parker)

Books Read -

John Steinbeck - 'Travels With Charley' (non-fiction)
Jorge Luis Borges - 'Labyrinths'
Franz Kafka - 'The Man Who Disappeared (Amerika)'
J.G. Ballard - 'A User's Guide to the Millennium' (non-fiction)
Yevgeny Zamyatin - 'We'

Albums been playing -

Eluvium - 'Similes'
The Fall - 'Hex Education Hour'
The Fall - 'Slates EP'
God Is An Astronaut - 'All Is Violent, All Is Bright'
Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
Amon Duul II - 'Tanz der Lemminge'
Pink Floyd - 'The Wall'
Can - 'Delay 1968'
Brian Eno - 'Music for Films'
Brian Eno - 'Discreet Music'
Arctic Monkeys - 'Suck it and See'
The Prodigy - 'World's on Fire' (live)
Paul Simon - 'Graceland'