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The World’s Greatest Amateur Actress
I tried to tell her that I was sorry,but she was distracted,her eyes glittering as she gazed in silent awe at my jewellery.My mouth was dry,no matter how many overpriced cocktails I put on my credit card.I saw her eye the packet of cigarettes that was peeking from my open handbag,and I instinctively tutted,like a…
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The Mad Queen’s Tears
You grew jealous of my tears,how they gently stroked my face as I slowly lost my mind, in your absence.You called me your mad Queen,your doolally doll,dying once an hour until you picked up the phone,then collapsing into infatuated incoherence at the sound of your voice. I never cry when you’re close,ironing your shirts in…
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It Only Took One Ghost
I thought I might quit cigarettes and alcohol,just to see if I’d feel at all different,but the monkeys on my back are the only friends I have at 2am,when I’m thinking of the way the years just run away if you let them. The air was icy as I leant from my window,swaying with the…
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Oh My God. What Have You Done?
I’m waiting in my garden for my girl,all my dreams bend and break around the stems of my roses,and it’s almost like the more I wish,the more I lose,but I still wish,because I’m a creature of cruel habits. Maybe she will see me in the spring time,when the sunshine is a sweet friend to the…
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Red, White and Blue Houses
There’s a redhead in a one bed flat,with a baby that sobs the blues,his winter coat can’t stand up to the cold,and the sirens don’t let him sleep at night. “That’s just life” she tells him,rocking him for four futile hours,her eyes never leaving the broken lock on the front door,as the song of the…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 