Spanish Notes

I left DNA behind in Spain
skin was shed after dousing
with Factor 60
 
Balcony sat towels set to dry
a cat stared through railings
while indoors a makeshift
 
kettle boiled master craftsmen
            at work realizing a
long dead architect’s dream
 
Numbers randomized a hidden code
            dig the guidebooks out!
towers of scaffold encased
 
I am reminded of a job unfinished
 
 
 
West Cliff Drive
 
 
 
this swell rolls in tune with mood
             a smell of chowder in the cafe
of escape being away from home
 
decking solid book-ended by beauty
            Santa Cruz you are very near!
a lone surfer jumps into the sea from rocks
 
 
 
You Know What



 
I see your streets with reflection
            Lancashire's border fields with sheep
this distance will be gapped with shared
airspace
 
Before an existence to seek in thrift stores
            sat huddled awaiting cold rain
the coats of recollection alongside Corso's
steps

Andrew Taylor is co-editor and co-publisher of erbacce and erbacce-press. His latest collection is published by Sunnyoutside Press. He has had recent work published in Neon Highway, Epic Rites and Breadcrumb Scabs. He has a PhD in Poetry and Poetics.