Rubik’s Cube
damage colours red on purpose puzzle blue driver jumble
the tall death one traffic box manipulating a green
twist movements can her feet weigh potency to deliver
acknowledging the match beeps his hat or crosses focus
with capacity or concerned this road she maintains looks
carefully the system rotates this girl remains and barely
tell from the cars the indignant ignored a digit
light the intelligence vehicle's a stage at each cube
though you to holds a pedestrian she cardigan concerned
carefully owners or holds a hat she cardigan cube
light from match rotates a indignant remains a jumble
though the death vehicle's itself puzzle blue maintains focus
tell colours can beeps this stage at to green
with movements intelligence her purpose box manipulating each deliver
acknowledging you the concerned feet road she crosses barely
the tall system cars traffic girl or owners concerned
twist chromatic red one his pedestrian ignored driver looks
damage capacity to on the weigh potency and digit
carefully owners or holds a cube she cardigan hat
rotates from match light a indignant remains a jumble
though the puzzle vehicle's itself death blue maintains focus
tell colours can at this stage beeps to green
with purpose intelligence her movements box manipulating each deliver
concerned you the acknowledging feet road she crosses barely
the tall girl cars traffic system or owners concerned
twist chromatic red ignored his pedestrian one driver looks
potency capacity to on the weigh damage and digit
or owners concerned holds a cube blue cardigan hat
rotates from red a pedestrian light remains a jumble
though the puzzle death itself ignored she maintains focus
you can tell at this stage beeps to green
with purpose intelligence her movements weigh each digit manipulating
the colours carefully acknowledging feet road she crosses barely
the tall girl traffic system cars or owners concerned
twist chromatic match indignant his vehicle's one driver looks
potency capacity to on the box deliver damage and
the tall girl holds a cube blue cardigan hat
rotates from red a pedestrian light beeps to green
though the puzzle on the box she maintains focus
you can tell at this stage remains a jumble
with purpose intelligence her movements weigh each digit manipulating
the colours carefully acknowledging feet road she crosses barely
or owners concerned traffic system cars more with each
twist chromatic match indignant his vehicle's one driver looks
potency capacity to death itself ignored deliver damage and
the tall girl blue cardigan hat holds a cube
a pedestrian light rotates from red beeps to green
she maintains focus on the box though the puzzle
remains a jumble at this stage you can tell
her movements weigh with purpose intelligence each digit manipulating
the colours carefully she crosses barely acknowledging feet road
traffic system cars or owners concerned more with each
twist chromatic match one driver looks indignant his vehicle's
potency capacity to deliver damage and death itself ignored
Ben Rogers lives in London. His pamphlet Mackerel Salad was published by Emma Press in 2016. A selection of his poetry appears in Carcanet's anthology New Poetries VI (2015). He was the poet-in-residence for the Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival in 2016. He works for The Poetry Society.
