There’s only one you, I said to your twin. You are my one and only.
Moments
Fancy dress
Lace underwear clouds thrown over the lightbulb moon; the streets are camouflaged in fancy dress. Two figures, fingers interlocked.
“Once I had a secret love”
“Once I had a secret love.” They stopped washing up and drying and twirled around the room. “My secret love’s no secret any more.”
Horse
I do not mean anything. I am a horse. A solid mass of muscle, hoof and bone. I am not a symbol. I am a horse. Muscle, hoof and bone.
Foot
They walked from the foot of the hill to its head. Nobody had told them the volcano was still live – and then the mouth
Line
All that is left of the old city wall is a brass strip in the road. People fought and fell for this line. I step on it each time I pass.
The bird quacked
As I walked through the low doorway, a bird quacked. I looked down and hit my head. The bird looked up. “Me,” it quacked again.
Flight
I caught the paper plane as it glided past. Confused, I unfolded it & lay it flat. The pencilled letters were stark: “Let me fly”.
His skin was
His skin was stripy, like his father’s. She dug her nails in.
I missed the 8
I missed the 8 so got on the 9. Then, I understood numbers better than bus routes. Close numbers don’t go to almost the same place.
