A MESS OF STUFF
by
Bradford Middleton
My mess of stuff; my books,
my records,
My films, everything that a
life like this needs
To persist. Now I see what a
mess it’s
Become, as a new vacuum cleaner
sits idle
In yet another of my corners,
but right now
A higher calling has my attention
as the words
Tumble from my fingers onto
this screen.
Bradford
Middleton lives in Brighton on the UK’s southeast coast. He was born in
London during the long hot summer of 1971 and growing up on a council estate
and attending the local school, he learnt two things; if he didn’t kick back
he’d never get anywhere in this life, merely becoming another cog in the wheel,
and has been kicking against those pricks his entire life. He began writing when
he arrived in Brighton in the
early years of the new century and began reading his poems to often stunned and
confused onlookers until one day Mad Swirl asked to publish one of his
poems. He’s had four chapbooks published since then and has hundreds of poems
dotted all over the internet. His work has featured in the Chiron
Review, Evening Street Review, New Reader Magazine, Paper
& Ink Lit Zine, Horror Sleaze Trash, and Razur Cuts,
amongst other places including, of course, Yellow Mama. Follow him
on Twitter @BradfordMiddle5.
Bernice Holtzman’s paintings and collages have appeared in shows at various
venues in Manhattan, including the Back Fence in Greenwich Village, the Producer’s
Club, the Black Door Gallery on W. 26th St., and one other place she
can’t remember, but it was in a basement, and she was well received.
