short forms 14th November 2016

discharged
with conditions
psychologist report
on a week-by-week basis for
six months

© Rachel Green 2016

raindrops
from the hands of mannequins
falling leaves

© Rachel Green 2016

selling England
one piece at a time
on Gumtree
Free mannequins, free plants
come, take them away

© Rachel Green 2016

kennel cough
sweeps through the house
First Jack, now Trickster

She coughs all night
waking Lu and me up
dry heaving

Amos pinches her bed

© Rachel Green 2016

another two pounds lost. Iron will.

© Rachel Green 2016