by Donald Gjoka
day 31
maybe we will find another world
for the blackbird
maybe the Aquarian age is
the last // the best
// just the beginning
maybe those asking what their country
can do for them
will answer for themselves
since only dead men
are free from lies
maybe John Lee Hooker
is playing with thunder
far above cobalt sky april lights
maybe the murder
in these molecules
will raise nations from their knees
maybe my tell-tale heart
will show the scars of separation
as we navigate black dreamlands
maybe those with fingers
on triggers
will stop calculating lives with
just numbers
maybe these gorgeous sickly-silly love songs
drifting over fences
will make us feel as though
today
is just another day
Paul Robert Mullen is a poet, musician, lecturer, radio presenter, traveller and sociable loner from Liverpool, U.K. He has four published poetry collections: curse this blue raincoat (2017), testimony (2018), 35 (2018) and disintegration (2020). He has been widely published in magazines worldwide. Paul is the co-founder and editor of The Broken Spine Artist Collective.
Donald Gjoka is a landscape photographer whose interests lie in the stories the environment expresses. Donald uses photography to capture memories of his life and the places he’s travelled to. To see more of Donald’s work, visit @dongjoka on Instagram. Twitter: @Donald_Gjoka