short forms 12th October 2016

never
will she trust boys
but what of her new friend?
She wishes she was lesbian
but can't

© Rachel Green 2016

patchy grass
the last shoots of dogwood
red on green

© Rachel Green 2016

late waking
my alarm fails again
slept through
I am woken at last
by a child going to school

© Rachel Green 2016

how do you check
the calories for food
you've made yourself?

do I add up the vegetable
and divide by the portions?
add a bit for the cooking oil?

easier to just stop eating

© Rachel Green 2016

she destroys her 'thin' clothes. Diet.

© Rachel Green 2016