Fiona Sinclair's 'Quiet Room'

The quiet room You wince under the waits’ added load.Squashed seating arrangements anticipatebreasts squeezed into scanners.We are blind to fresh flowers, pastel curtains and carpets.Receptionists and nurses maintain the default cheerinessof shopping channel...

Judith Taylor's 'examination'

examinationall I remembered after was the distancefrom the doorway to the instrumentand light from the enormous semi-circular windowsshining off the parquetunevenly, in the places it was brokenchairs and stands and forgotten things in cornersand how far it was to...

'Landing' by Sonia Hendy-Issac

LandingIt’s in the brittle light that forces your eyesto crack, squint for cover, that you knowthe day’s debate about a woman eatingherself to death, will not be resolved; when the crease of the door next to yours,will not result in half-conceited attemptsat...

Millions of eyes henning

  vii.  millions of eyes, henning dear henning, i wonder if in germany you ever watch old american gangster films.   in them, everything is heavy … cars, telephones, and radios.  in them, men take unexpected taxi rides, light streaked across their faces so we can...