You Were To Me you had a moon-smile and black hair that contained the DNA of ink you had the snap of a crocodile one with no teeth and the way you smelled the air The salt of the sea...

      I want to give you this   under blossom confetti, as Spring edges into Summer and sunlight dapples through leaves, a nap of grass studded with daisies always ending on she...

      Departure You're being scrutinised by a woman in the carriage. She's wearing a mauve blouse; there are dark rings around each armpit. Flushed neck fat trembles as the rest of...

      The House in Which You Do Not Live There’s a knack to unlocking the door you’re unfamiliar with, a certain wiggle of the key. Imagine yourself navigating its long and echoing...

      No Candles There were no candles Around your coffin And the church was cold No altar boys to carry Cross and holy water It was I suppose A school day The priest tried To say...

      Graduate The bell ringing tumbles clanging down your spine. You feel a soft wind, warm enough for bare legs, and the baked grass stencils itself into your flesh. It’s the slow...

      Lazy Joe Such a sullen beast, that heart, and fat and listless, gorging on blood that comes so easy to it with every lazy pump; and the lungs, more creatures with nothing better...

      Hard to believe   facts are visible things of no serious use spilling their guts to anyone who can open a book they have to tell you something unable to empathise facts do...

      Teeth like Freddie They were the talk of the town. If not the town, then school at least. Everyone at school knew Stephen Bentley had teeth like Freddie. The most sought-after...

      She Craved Tinned Pineapple Chunks Not only Tesco Express, I went everywhere, all over the wet land of Mutley Plain - scouring, shuffling, peeping. I strode wide pavements, I...