This Skin Scaffold
supports flimsy bone.
Hard skin holds up
this soft skeleton,
protects muscle beat,
liver work, kidney punch,
stomach gripe, elastic sinew.
Weak calcium needs
a skin shield.
Skin frames scare come Halloween.
Paul Brookes was poetry performer with “Rats for Love” and his work included in “Rats for Love: The Book”, Bristol Broadsides, 1990. His first chapbook was “The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley”, Dearne Community Arts, 1993. He has read his work on BBC Radio Bristol and had a creative writing workshop for sixth formers broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live. Recently published in “I Am Not A Silent Poet”, “The Beatnik Cowboy”, “Clear Poetry”, “Red Fez”. Much more about Paul Brookes can be found via his web site by clicking here…