Gustbrain, gustmind
Paul Brookes
synaptic breezes
neuron vacuoles
sacred gust
galebrain blows in my head
breezebrain pressures my ideas
crossgustbrain plays the fey
electric vacuoles move earth
inside my head
gustskin neural net
circumnavigates damage
fruited hemispheres
replenish, restore, reimagine
wafts electric roots
touches in my head
breath in my head
Paul Brookes was poetry performer with “Rats for Love” and his work is included in Rats for Love: The Book (Bristol Broadsides, 1990). His first chapbook was The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley (Dearne Community Arts, 1993). He has read his work on BBC Radio Bristol and had a creative writing workshop for sixth formers broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live.
