Two Poems by Paul Stephenson I can be happily engrossed in some have my head stuck inlooking out at the noticing the new admiring the curve of fixed on the way alost in the latest and oblivious to I can be enjoying a quiet browsing the latestchoosing between or flicking through taking in all the catching up on mytouching base with planning an overdue I can be peering over at preparing a smallgetting ready for in the queue looking forward to a when suddenly Iout of nowhere picture you reCAPTCHA A year next weekand today I’m being asked to confirm my humanity. Select all squareswith motorcycles. Select all squareswith traffic lights. I am not a botand nor were you. About the Author Paul Stephenson has published three pamphlets: Those People (Smith/Doorstop, 2015), The Days that Followed Paris (HappenStance, 2016) and Selfie with Waterlilies (Paper Swans Press, 2017). He holds an MA in Creative Writing from the Manchester Writing School. He co-curates the Poetry in Aldeburgh festival and currently lives between Cambridge and Brussels. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Published by fragmentedvoices A small, independent press based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, and Prague, the Czech Republic View all posts by fragmentedvoices