CATASTROPHES

Well, not GLOBAL, just low-key catastrophes.

CUTTLEFISH

A neat incision over the speckled skin Releases whiteness painful to the eyes. What’s left is a deflated zeppelin Fallen from its sturdy aquatic skies.

'Shopping centre at night...'

Shopping centre at night, old ladies’ delight. A cuppa and Turkish Delight. My mother will never learn, haggard and careworn, to shop for an evening gown. Whispering ‘How nice!’
Cherry

THE DANCE

I see her dance beside the hotel’s swimming pool. A fitness instructor shrieks out commands. A stocky fellow on a rickety stool nurses his whisky and tries to avert his glance.