A POEM by MOLLIE WILLOW

rubberband

a gambling man

you throw your phone

in the grass

that song tailing us

through the puffed out blue

we could be anywhere

hands to earth

earth to absence

the night encasing us

like a pool

empty bottle, black eyes

a death wish

you’re so small

i could step on you

forget your image

in the corner shop

neon tube

luminescence

my baby face

spread out, tremendous

on the last green slick

for miles

for once

i'd like to think

about the sky

being gentle

about how everyday

someone has their birthday

watch the candle burn

do it over

i relent

body slam into

your mouth

what good has this done

drag a pin

through your chest

and hold it

against the edge

of what you really mean

i finish my drink

buy another

just don’t speak of it

the fires will keep burning

anyway

ash to ash

tit for tat

cut off the fat

my insides are

unspreadable

your words dragged

through gasoline

this story is a lie

to wake up, forget

cool the sweat

off my back

take it all with you

so long

like the turn

of a wheel

yield to it


Mollie Willow is a writer, poet and florist living by the sea. Their poetry has previously been published in dirt child and Stone of Madness Press. 

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