SOMNILOQUY

in a field of marigolds we met desperately

we were talking, talking …

you asked: really, my belongings in storage?

no words for the casualties reported

this clusterfuck of a morning

dawning light on blister packs, melatonin

& last night i bled my stomach with aspirin

slowly. this morning

the duvet afloat with tidings unanswering

my mind a press junket of nightly

wanderings. still talking, talking …

through my pillowcase

the fading lavender

the unfurling orchid

quicksilver rain

you saying i am deathless

when the dream has no kill switch

no fail-safe surrender

& then i mention it

About the Author

Patrick Wright’s poems have appeared in Magma, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Wales, The North, and The London Magazine. His debut collection, Full Sight of Her, was published by Eyewear (2020). His second collection, Exit Strategy, was published by Broken Sleep Books (2025).