Two Mutes
there were two mutes
and they were always together
which is not to say, they didn’t speak
(to each other)
they could read the other
like a book
knowing which line would be consequent
like thought upon paper
between them
all was smooth and slick
no-one saw
no-one heard them
but like a baton
they handed (to and fro) the doggerel of life
comfort
from absolutely knowing, what came next
Gareth Writer-Davies; Shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and the Erbacce Prize (2014) Commended in the Prole Laureate Competition, the Welsh Poetry Competition (2015) He is the Prole Laureate for 2017 and Highly Commended in the Welsh Poetry Competition. His pamphlet Bodies was published in 2015 by Indigo Dreams and Cry Baby, in 2017. His collection The Lover’s Pinch is due in 2018.