tour the museums and charity shops careful not to purchase anything in case someone interprets it as art do not read at the pub speak of entities in need of authentic substance be it souls gold or blood try not to *do* anything especially like linger in the butterfly enclosure for a kiss stay instead inside the reptile house stinking of skunk safe in the dry warm dark don’t compare origins with anyone but remember thinking ‘peeling your jeans off each leg is like skinning a leek’ ignore the prospective tenants filing through your sleep by all means make an intrigue of your partner but remember the bedroom is a gallery and you should draft an exit don’t remain attached to any project but defer indefinitely the work towards your own capture do not stain the toilet bowl but taste your breath and skulk across the early park
Sam Riviere co-edits the anthology series ‘Stop Sharpening Your Knives’, and was a recipient of a 2009 Eric Gregory Award. His first poetry pamphlet was published by Faber and Faber in 2010 under the Faber New Poets scheme. ‘Guide to the Liberal Cities’ is from 81 Austerities (Faber and Faber 2012), which won the Forward Prize for best first collection for its ‘wide-ranging and confident’ look at everyday life in the digital world.
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