this morning all day back into night
Geoffrey Aitken
she plans the hours
during
this economic struggle
while her bar radiator
warms the room
for her to write
gracefully
of survival techniques
before sleep
under
government blankets
with prescription medication
alleviates
anxiety induced mood disorder
on recycle.
to win each ongoing winter’s day
she must be strategic.
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.