I Don’t Want My Adidas Hoodie Back
in an abandoned carriage at the end
of the disused train tracks you pull
on the strings of my adidas hoodie
drawing me closer to you
covering my face
closing off the rest of the world
so that all i can see is you
after we’re finished you let go
i still can’t see much beyond your face framed by your hair and
my other adidas hoodie which you borrowed
that one time after you stayed the night when
neither of us had planned on it and
you had to go home early to help out your dad
Michael Naghten Shanks, 26, is a writer & editor from Dublin. His writing has featured variously, online & in print, & been shortlisted for competitions. To find out more click http://michaelnaghtenshanks.tumblr.com/ or @MichaelNShanks
I Don’t Want My Adidas Hoodie Back was previously published in The Squawk Back.