Take Away The Buildings
Imagine yourself laying down in bed,
Without the walls, floor and ceiling.
No building at all, just you hovering
Mid-air, with layers of other sleepers
Dispersed around you, at different heights.
Others in your block of flats are walking
Through air, sitting and staring at televisions
With no floor beneath them, feet up on a stool.
Some lay nude in a bath, or squat in contemplation.
Ninety feet above ground level, they hover unaware.
Seeking exercise, your neighbour runs up absent stairs,
Treading on empty space, climbing to the heavens.
Restless, you roll out of bed, walk to a missing edge
To gaze out of a window that's not there, all privacy
Gone, you see all around you, all the way to the stars
Paul Whybrow
Imagine yourself laying down in bed,
Without the walls, floor and ceiling.
No building at all, just you hovering
Mid-air, with layers of other sleepers
Dispersed around you, at different heights.
Others in your block of flats are walking
Through air, sitting and staring at televisions
With no floor beneath them, feet up on a stool.
Some lay nude in a bath, or squat in contemplation.
Ninety feet above ground level, they hover unaware.
Seeking exercise, your neighbour runs up absent stairs,
Treading on empty space, climbing to the heavens.
Restless, you roll out of bed, walk to a missing edge
To gaze out of a window that's not there, all privacy
Gone, you see all around you, all the way to the stars
Paul Whybrow
