poems from & glee & bless

Petero Kalulé

slips

rhubarb
rubato
tweak’d
twerk
twill’d
twirl
ghost
joke
hunt
haunt
anyhowly
androgynous
compose
composure
intense
intent
impotent
importance
sad
dad
floor
f
lore
self’s
shelf
tidy
etude
ripple
nipple
porno
poem
amethyst’s
mist
previously
precious
lips ellipse eclipse apocalypse calypso
good
food
shared
scaring
scarf
scarp
hurtle turtle skuttle
right
tights
itchy
pitch
wander
wonder
horror’s
honour
effervescent
repellant
cures
curse
lived
laugh
baby
bath
other
otter
sleep slip
(seep, sometimes)
recklessly
feckless
tiring
try
solve
love

torsion

for S
perkily, he twerks his black beautiful dykey butt, round
& a round about
as if to undo all the tension in the world

inside betty carter

after Paul Blackburn
ss pree-
ing this year, has got me
fee -
ee
-ling
like a horse that's nei-
gh ver left the post
i lie in my room, ss-
tearing up, at
the see-
ling
sss pring can rly   ha-
ang you
up
the mostt.
mourning  ’s kiss. wakes, tr ees& flowers,
& to them
i’d like to drink a to
oooo
-stt. i walk in the park, ju-
st
to k-
ill l-
lonely hourss. sss-
pring
can reely hang you up the   mo-o stt
love came my way, i hope it willlust. we had our time.
now its all in the past
ss pree-
ee ee-
ee ee
ing
came along, a season o’ song ; & i ’ve
dee
ss aide-
d, that spring is a bore. doctors wa
nce, prescriib ’d
a ah tonic
sulphur, &molasses
wasthe dose, i-
T DIN’t help a bit !
ma-eye condition, MA-eye-condition-was-CRY-
ING !!!
ss pring can really, ha
an-
ng you
uff
the mo
ostt. ss   pring, can re-
ealy
pang you
up
the more :

Petero Kalulé (petals) is a composer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist living on the hidden river Effra in London; she is the author of Kalimba (Guillemot Press), Marsh-River-Raft-Feather (co-authored with Clarissa Álvarez), and forthcoming new manuscript & glee & bless.

This piece appears in Logic's upcoming issue 19, "supa dupa skies (move slow and heal things)." Subscribe today to receive the issue as part of a subscription, or preorder at our store in print or digital formats.