“Inspiration” by DS Maolalai


I could do with
another beer. my wife
doesn’t like it
when I get like this.
there’s nothing a beer
makes you want
as much as a cigarette
but I stopped smoking
so much because of her
lately. second to that is
another beer. damn it –
I’m an artist. I can have one
if I want. what is the point
of writing poetry
if not to justify bad behaviour
in the name
of stacking up
some inspiration.
look at this.


DS Maolalai has been described by one editor as “a cosmopolitan poet” and another as “prolific, bordering on incontinent.”