Method Acting
by and published in Edition Five of Pomegranate
‘method acting –
now that’s what I call living’
(Method Acting, Bright Eyes)
central heating gives me a stomach ache
Mozart’s requiem plays on the stereo
I’m eating an orange: a clementine
he never finished it his death’s suspect.
I see ;s as more Mozart than Handel
Beethoven as more of a : clementine
is an elaboration not an example
I see a – as a strong Camembert.
On my play list Testament follows Tallis
though fails to rock/shred quite as hard
my pillhead friends disagree he’s metal
as I dribble/drool on each Latinate word
You are Bruch’s violin in G.
My thumb breaks pockmarked skin
pith and juice clog the webs of my fingers;
a perfume guise for the sins of my hands.
Ahren Warner
Ahren Warner has published poems in Magma, The Wolf, Rising and Orbis. He recently received an Arts Council Grant to work on the manuscript for his forthcoming pamphlet, which will be published by Donut Press. He is currently studying for an MA in Critical Methodologies at KCL.