must remember this
i tell me, self
woodpecker
woodpecker
magnificence
compact
heavy
hammer head, power
drill
a bird
just a bird, but cardinal red, up where it matters, the head
and thwack thwack thwack thwack
what is this shit
this human
shit
this politics
those slick angry dicks
what are we
shit
human
shit
compared to a woodpecker
compact
hammer
and head
and red
easy
classy red
jesus
a woodpecker
remember this
Andrew Miller is a Jo’burg based freelance writer and poet. He ghost-writes for a lot of fat bellies, CEO and politicians and has also spent a lot of time working and performing on the Jozi street arts scene. Find more of Millers writing at http://periodiccomposition.wordpress.com/.