shrink wrapped

shrink wrapped

18 years old

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  • First Love

    As the hair extends into the ground, 
    Holding all. Stabilise, renew. 
    Find solace ‘neath what once was her arms
    There’s life in you yet. 

    Back, back to when she stood outside your window
  • Dinner Party

    Lay the table,
    Where all the women will be sat. 
    Soft linen wraps her wooden body.
    What once was a growing life, 
    Feeds the darlings now. 
     Preparation chews up life- 
     All is ready. 
  • Drummer

    Bated breath
    Shadows, sullen whispers
    And eyes. Infinite eyes – the audience collected. 

    Gentle rhythms rock the night. 
    My feet on the ground. Hand on the door. Cup on the floor. 
    Syncopated. Deliberate. 
  • Winter

    Those crackling mornings when the frost holds its breath,
    Bring back the girlhood unceremoniously dumped in the muck. 
    A glee wrapped up in scarf and coat,
    Family with the frozen dewdrops. 

    It’s still an isolation, 
  • Permanence

    They’ve filled their mouths with dirt,
    elegantly crumbling from any available pore.
    It’s the right idea. 
    Dispersing that clump of guilt into chunks 
    For the lives that passed through.

    Every headlight glimmers.