"uncle"
ten years older
dad's sister's widower
she reminds him of his late wife
her aunt
© Rachel Green 2016
dead pigeon
in the cemetery bin
discarded cedar tree
© Rachel Green 2016
Mr Trump
(an orange guinea pig with stupid hair)
teaches himself to beg
for pieces of carrot
or has he taught me to offer them?
© Rachel Green 2016
a thousand pages
too long for a novel
cut it down
Best to cut eighty percent
to leave it a shade under
two hundred
that's eight words in ten
© Rachel Green 2016
Edits. Killing darlings loses the intimacy.
© Rachel Green 2016
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