Cardboard

Contributor: David McLean

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they are cardboard in the rain
and broken homes
that they themselves have broken,

because an eye is a dartboard
for all the electric lights
where nightfall means cozy corpses

and all the churches are burning
soon, I hope.
they are cardboard in the rain

and the temerity of hats;
they have lifetimes to forget
that no body has lived as yet


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David McLean is from Wales but has lived in Sweden since 1987. He lives there with partner, dogs and cats. In addition to six chapbooks, McLean is the author of three full-length poetry collections: CADAVER’S DANCE (Whistling Shade Press, 2008), PUSHING LEMMINGS (Erbacce Press, 2009), and LAUGHING AT FUNERALS (Epic Rites Press, 2010). His first novel HENRIETTA REMEMBERS is coming in 2014. More information about David McLean can be found at his blog http://mourningabortion.blogspot.com/