The boardwalk that winds
around the wolds of shingle
Is showing its age so soon
Its Oz-like fools gold silvers
Easing the feet of culture hound Dorothys
who lack improv skills
Seeking the wizard behind the curtain
only to find another curtain
It’s dead empty heart howls to me
for attention
Issue 5
COLD WAVE
£4
Barry Fentiman Hall is a writer based on the Medway Delta, who comes originally from other mud. His works include The Unbearable Sheerness Of Being, England, My Dandelion Heart, and Sketches, which are all available from Wordsmithery. He is also the editor of Confluence Magazine.