Tuesday, 4 October 2022

"Heirloom" Holly McNish

it’s not your jewellery that i want, gran
it’s your butter dish

so each time i go to slather
a thick white slice of toast

with a thick bright slice of yellow
we’ll be back on those reclining chairs

supper feasts laid out
as you fast forward through 

the ‘talking bit’
of countdown

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