The Rules of Spacetime in Dimensions Above Three
Tom Giles once asked me if I had tools and at that
time I didn’t because I was fifteen maybe sixteen but
he was Adam’s big brother with a new flat so he was
old and he knew things. He told us we needed tools
because we were men. He had a TV and one small sofa
in his flat, it was otherwise bare. But the tools thing he was
right about. I have tools now. You do need tools
if you are going to be a man so I got some and
everytime I did I thought Now, I am becoming
more like a man, because I can fix the things that
are not working with my tools and that is why
I will be worthy of your love.
Sim Pereira-Madder is a London based poet and Obsidian Foundation alum with work appearing or forthcoming in Propel Magazine, La Piccioletta Barca, and Wet Grain. You can find him on instagram @threetruewords