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What Became Of You?
What became of you?That’s the question that cascades from chaotic whispers as I catch my gaze in the mirror, and gasp,laughing at the lack of lines in my ageing face as another day dawns. I write myself a postcard,calling into the radio four,but nobody ever answers,because I stopped existing when she kissed me this morning.…
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Million Dollar Birthday Fries
You cursed the candles,their flirty flicker,like a wicked smile after a lurid laugh at your expense.The cake was like cardboard,choked down with a cold glass of sick,as celebrations go,that one was… kind of shit,but you scraped a smile onto your face during the family zoom call,hoping the walls didn’t echo too much and reveal the…
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House Fire
I burn down the house with this torch I carry,and everything fades into the flames,except her eyes, guiding me from the blaze,mesmerising,I am possessed and placed wherever she’d like me to be. When she stares,my soul shines,slipping through my skin,so sold on the idea of ending up in her arms. She feeds on my frenzy,frightening…
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Gershwin
Call me your council estate princess,cider is my nectar and your neck is the place where I rest my weary head,resisting the urge to try on your glasses,so I can see from your perspective. God is keeping an eye on me,because I’m the kind of girl you have to watch like a quaking kettle or…
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Today Is Like Any Other
Being your true self is so painful and costly, So I just pretend.
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 