Poem by Paul Robert Mullen

reasons for sharing

then the drums begin in the square

horns // merriment

i look around for someone

to smile at // with there is nobody

amongst everybody

children dance // rosaries

crowds applauding imagining

futures

the last bus home // crowded // happy

nobody has text me today

not even once

and i realise // why one whole

really is two parts

of something // no artist

could ever really do justice

Paul Robert Mullen is a poet, musician and sociable loner from Liverpool, U.K. He has three published poetry collections: curse this blue raincoat (2017), testimony (2018), and 35 (2018). He has been widely published in magazine, journals and anthologies worldwide. Paul also enjoys paperbacks with broken spines, and all things minimalist. He is a regular contributor for Marias at Sampaguitas.