precisely
Geoffrey Aitken
i did not realise
until
the bartender called
last drinks
after the restaurateur
had also reminded me
of business hours
and the 24/7
congregational church
closed
to feed its mice
that i saw the flow
of information
had become sparse
and terribly inconsistent
reminding me that science
had begun its own cause
launching into near space
for travel beyond
so the need to exist
truly means something
Geoffrey Aitken is a Friendly Street awarded minimalist poet who writes on Adelaide's unceded Kaurna land, social conscience driven, post-retirement from senior school English teaching, he reaches out to any former students uninspired by curriculum poetry while understanding the value of language. He writes daily to offset the effects of an anxiety driven mood disorder for publishers [AUS] and [UK, US, HR, CAN, FR & CN]. Recently, ‘STREETCAKE’, ‘Stepaway Magazine’ [UK], ‘Vilas Avenue’ [US]. Soon ‘ZiNDaily’ [HR] & ‘Social Alternatives’ [AUS]; Nominated Best of the Net in 2022.