By Geoffrey Aitken

i want to erect
signs / signage.

detour
slow down
stop. await
instruction.

work as an insider
a double agent
undercover

learning how
to ford a stream
cross a road
a boundary fence
a border / undetected

or, to see a specialist
like a psychiatrist
without a referral

especially
if seeking an exit;

where to get out
after all, we did get in,
                 somewhere

Geoffrey Aitken [he/him] writes his awarded minimalist poetry in Adelaide [South Australia], on unceded Kaurna land, with a ‘lived experience’ for [AUS] & [UK, US, HR, CAN, Fr & CN]. Published recently at ‘Libre Lit’, & ‘The Closed Eye Open’ [US], ‘Social Alternatives’ [AUS], ‘STREETCAKE magazine’ [UK] & soon ‘Underbelly Press [UK] and ‘Verge Anthology 2025’ [AUS]. Nominated Best of the Net 2022.