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Wishing away these shoestring years The cold breath of winter gasping up through pencil-wide gaps in the floor Breath like smoke puffs While croaking heaters sit unplugged Overgrown lawns and porridge for dinner Budgets tighter than the waistband of my pre maternity jeans Leaving angry red marks along all our happy places Nowhere to callContinue reading “Wishing away my life, one sleepless night at a time”

I didn’t know it could be like thisnot a great way to start but I can’t quite resist, as when I’m Falling asleep to the twinkling chatter of your jawRunning its sleep cycle diagnostic tests,Your fingers curling into the skin of myBicep a little too tight and my latentClaustrophobia forcing 3 of 4 limbs outOfContinue reading “122 Australia St”

My boots they get me from A to B And follow me faithfully over the seas, Airplane rubber lending me flight, When no one else will They’ll hold me tight To my path, tied to my mast, right To my future and through to my past, But the leather is worn, the Rubber has holesContinue reading “My Boots”

We walked under maple trees and The dewy autumn leaves were plastered Thick and heavy like wet newspaper strips Folding and praying for their papier-mâché Tourniquet to hold our splayed limbs Together so this moment lasts just a little while longer But the leaves will dry, The winds will pick up, For this is theContinue reading “Flames at the tips”

The last time I saw blood  I was in the basement of a Fluorescent lit Roman cafe, in limbo, Sipping red wine Before our dinner reservation I’d thought, that maybe, The seed of a baby Had been planted Beside a Venetian canal  Four weeks before I rejoiced, I grieved For these hands were already loadedContinue reading “Hello again, old friend”

Screeching cockies  Plum staining the sky We left it too late Our breath, clouds  And the lamplights whirred golden We could hear the music from streets away The pummeling of drum skins And a sitar  Rosy light from fires  Underneath the looming gum trees Shedding leaves and branches They snuggled in, the two broken-off bitsContinue reading “A night out”

I was told I was beautiful, once  Loveless, void I’m half the woman I thought Stringy haired and bloodshot I sit alone, walls blank Nobody talks to me    Not the right fit for anyone My edges gouge and leave empty spaces Leaves fall, dark purple like clotted blood I’m chilled right down to myContinue reading “I was told I was beautiful, once”

Day breaks on those Parisian curtains, Freckles and scars illuminated along The creases of your form Rising, falling, plunging  Through the incense [holy!] atmosfears The leather gloves, my silent gasp, The nails tearing down my back Rip me awake and I dare not close them I can’t bring myself to distractions, I want to beContinue reading “[Un]Holy”

Saying goodbye to empty rooms Palms on bare boards that held your bed Cupboards that yawn like empty tombs If you were here what would you have said?   Amber bars of light from slatted blinds Where you stood white-capped, serene A trail of dirty finger marks left behind  That final garden in all itsContinue reading “Ivory Walls, Empty Rooms”

Your hand electrified the back of my neck As we hopped down the highway Listening to Rudie Can’t Fail, Talking of Tintin and juvenile justice At times your fingers would chisel Down my jaw and across my throat, Molding me With my hands trembling On the wheel, Calling me your little elephant, I thought ofContinue reading “Rudie / Elephants”