Confidence

Posted by Rupert Mallin on 4 November 2004 at 12:29

Tags: confidence news paper

Paper, card, thread. Words by Rupert Mallin; structure by Jayne Knowles.

she was
as confident as
the path is
as the road signs are
as her star sign is
as water is
as a sheet of paper is

as newsprint is &
confidence stole her away &
ate into her pathway &
bypassed June &
froze her footsteps &
turned her map into wires &

took her words from the paper
but all the words she learnt told her to hang on
so she

H
U
N
G

O
N

&

she was as
confident as
the path is
as the road signs are
as her star sign is
as water is
as a sheet of paper is

as newsprint is &
confidence stole her away &
ate into her pathway &
bypassed June &
froze her footsteps &
turned her map into wires &

took her words from the paper
but all the words she learnt told her to hang on
so she

H
U
N
G

Rupert Mallin

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