True need grabs at desperation;
Love turns real through wounded eyes –
You made a melting conflagration,
Ripped this mammoth from its ice.
Deprivation’s quavering jitter
Stumbling over pill-blocked feet;
All was acrid venom bitter
Then a flash: the world is sweet.
I would be your alien rocket
Looping round your orbit chair,
Blasting out our lifetime tunnels
Naked in the bright sun’s stare.
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David Russell is a resident of the UK. He writes poetry, literary criticism, speculative fiction, and romance. His poetry includes the collection Prickling Counterpoints (1998); various poems published in online International Times; and the eco-poetry collection An Ever River, published by The Palewell Press, 2018. His speculative works include High Wired On (2002) and Rock Bottom (2005). He translated the Spanish epic La Araucana, Amazon 2013. His romances include Dreamtime Sensuality I & II: Explorations; Further Explorations; Pearlman, Self’s Blossom– all available on Amazon. He self-published a collection of erotic poetry and artwork called Sensual Rhapsody, 2015. David is also a singer-songwriter/guitarist. His main CD albums are Bacteria Shrapnel and Kaleidoscope Concentrate. Many of his tracks can be found on YouTube under “Dave Russell.” He’s the editor of the online magazine Poetry Express Newsletter, produced by Survivors Poetry and Music.
