A Burnt Offering, #2.
by Dee Rimbaud

In holding together and clutching
we imagined ourselves to be whole—
sublimated in a spurious spirituality,
elevated above the chaos of spiky rooftops
and darkly smoking chimneys.

But the sky blew through our every construct,
insinuating a secret hunger, infecting us
with the knowledge of our fragility.

We were held together by mere fragments—
broken pieces that could never be anything more
than broken pieces.

Dee Rimbaud is an artist, writer, musician and occasional new age gypsy. He has recently returned to his native Scotland after a year of living mainly in a Mercedes 609d van with his partner and child, travelling round Britain, France, Spain & Portugal. He is author of two poetry collections, The Bad Seed (Stride, 1998) and Dropping Ecstasy With The Angels (Bluechrome, 2004); and one novel, Stealing Heaven From The Lips Of God (Bluechrome, 2004). He edited the charity poetry anthology, The Book Of Hopes And Dreams (Bluechrome, 2006). His music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/captainmelted.

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