Saturday, June 06, 2026

The Soiled Keyboard

At the fork, I am all in  for the impending fight. Destiny, eh?

A tomb that offers

posterity to my right.

A restless struggle that gifts

immortality on my left.


​I squat down,

feel the rubble, 

knead till I soil my fingers,

and then type out my will.


At the end of it, alas,

I stare at a blank screen,

and a soiled keyboard,

tainted brick red.


At last, my destiny...

The smudges on my 

favoured letters, and words strung,

act as its coloured reminder.


Leslie

(I type words not to fill blank pages, but to redden the pattern of smudges on my laptop keys)