short forms 22nd November 2016

Chloe
back to the house
her father has paid for
skeletal scaffolding adorns
the roof

© Rachel Green 2016

mounds of wet leaves
next to recycling bin
a pile of soggy cardboard

© Rachel Green 2016

where do novels go
when they're wiped from existence
by a failed hard drive
No matter how good I am
I can never re-create it

© Rachel Green 2016

all the exercise
my belly still hangs
below my belt

a video of me sparring
shows the behemoth fat girl
vs lithe muscular chap

I despair of myself

© Rachel Green 2016

all those words lost. She's speechless.

© Rachel Green 2016