Vagabonds: Anthology of the Mad Ones Vagabonds Vol. 3 | Page 74

Beghilos
Laura Taylor
4.31 am
The gas demanded 50p
“god’s in every calculator”
sighed Mr Leary,
quietly,
into his gin
Silence
Felt his words bend and reverse,
remembering the beginning
In the
was the
Word
and the Word was with
and the Word was
ESSO
ShELLOIL
gEESE and
gOOLIES
hELLO
ShOES
or a
BOOBLESS gOOSE
but
not god
No ‘d’, see
“Mr Leary?”
5.33 am, numb
Rummaged for hexagonal warmth
Mr Leary laughed, refused to be drawn
I ruminated on numerological representations of
entities we cannot conceive or conceptualise; on the
transformation of text
6.06 am
First bus home
Fingered ‘dog’ in condensation
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