Richard Barrett

Office 4

non-verbal threads strung between

our connections of lip-curl and spectacle adjustment

exclusivity awareness the commonly overlooked

circumscribes us and

the secret language rebuilding

Salford in a second all others remained

stationary //not solid to touch

palimpsest analogy with earliest known marks

:public discourse of

weekend enquiries and workplace assistance

talk as disguise unnecessary archaeology

to uncover meaning

not without weight nor worth dismissal

renaissance dream of learning leaning progression

just a pause on the way propagated to pretend

against any movement at all //

I see your holiday photos next year

we might be there together

Richard Barrett © 2008