short forms 4th September 2016

Mary
lives in squalor
hoarding all her rubbish
a whole room of pictures of her
as white

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clouds
zipping by on high winds
sparrows

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sunday workday
a friend asks for help
money offered
Yes, please
my overdraft thanks you

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a new wave
crippling depression
makes me tearful

a few minutes care
makes me feel better
foreboding

perishing kids

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she feels overwhelmingly overweight and old

© Rachel Green 2016