Monday 10 June 2013


THERE SHE WAS ALL NEEDLES AND SHEARS
LACE AND FABRICS RIGHT UP TO HER EARS
SHE WORKED ALL NIGHT THROUGH CANDLE LIT DARK
SNIPPING AWAY UNTIL THE CALL OF THE LARK
SNORTING UP SUBSTANCES TO KEEP HER AWAKE
SHE STARTED TO QUIVER THEN BEGAN TO SHAKE
HER FACE TURNED PALE, A GHOSTLY WHITE
SHE SET FIRE TO THE SOFA TO GIVE HER SOME LIGHT
SHE STARTED TO DRIBBLE THEN STARTED TO DROOL
A LENGTH OF YARN WAS PULLED FROM A SPOOL
HER EYES WENT OPAQUE THEN TURNED BLOOD RED
BUGGER THIS , SHE SAID, I’M OFF TO BED.