Morning poetry 5th January 2016

working
with twenty kids
aged five to eleven
all she can hear is bickering.
Headache.

© Rachel Green 2016

bin day
the dog tips over the kitchen bin
cat food packets

© Rachel Green 2016

movie night
reduces us to tears
"The Danish Girl"
I wonder if my ex
will ever watch it

© Rachel Green 2016

stress test
in the martial arts class
crowded bar scene

I perform adequately
blocking instinctively
striking to disable

cavalier wristlock in seconds

© Rachel Green 2016

He wants what he can't have.

© Rachel Green 2016