Waiting
Waiting,
looking out of
our bedroom window
at the car park
in the distance,
wondering
how long
you will be.
Killing time,
we drop
your Action Man
out of
the window,
the one we’ve tied
a carrier bag to
as a poor,
makeshift parachute.
The wind isn’t strong
enough for him
to glide
like we want
him to;
instead, he plunges
to the ground
with a thud
every
time.
David Hanlon is from Cardiff, Wales, and has recently moved to Bristol. He believes the reflective nature of his current studies in Counselling, and the artistic influences of his previous degree in Film Studies, have engendered this new creative endeavour.