{"id":1314,"date":"2008-07-23T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2008-07-23T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-23T07:55:00","slug":"julia-bohanna-is-carrying-out-some-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/julia-bohanna-is-carrying-out-some-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia Bohanna is carrying out some restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"

RENOVATION<\/span>
 <\/span>

Blisters of her green paint ruptured wet<\/span>
under my nail like fat<\/span>
bladders of seaweed.<\/span>
The God of all Mildew had blown<\/span>
bird's egg speckles and flown.<\/span>
Whoever dressed her, has left her he said.<\/span>
Sea licked the beach beyond<\/span>
as I watched them take down<\/span>
For Sale<\/span>.<\/span>
 <\/span>
Puckers of wallpaper fell<\/span>
to the flash of our knives like<\/span>
flakes of her skin.<\/span>
An angry nettle army bent its head<\/span>
passing news of incomers and<\/span>
the dead<\/span>
to the salt wind.<\/span>
Be sure to hack away her past, he said.<\/span>
Make sure nothing survives.<\/span>
 <\/span>
Skeleton children laughed in every room.<\/span>
We danced to the music of bones<\/span>
and stroked each warming wall,<\/span>
loving it all,<\/span>
Hoping not to finish too soon.<\/span>
 <\/span>
Then we laid on paint<\/span>
thick as a geisha ritual.<\/span>
Pressing seeds into fresh soil,<\/span>
those imprints of us.<\/span>
Small hands will<\/span>
one day touch her, we said.<\/span>
 <\/span>
The sea still kisses the curving coast<\/span>
and I sweep whispers of dust from<\/span>
lofty unloved places<\/span>
as our own whispers fade.<\/span>
At night we listen to settling sighs,<\/span>
shiver about children that might have been.<\/span>
There is nothing else to do.<\/span>
 <\/span>
All is well here<\/span>
except us<\/span>
with nothing left<\/span>
to do.<\/span>
 <\/span>
 <\/span>

\u2022 Julia Bohanna says “I'm new to this poetry lark, but I have fooled people into believing I am a good short story writer. Enough to give me prizes!” and adds “Making it up is the best way to be\u2026 spontaneous, that rush of panic that makes you feel alive. Planning is for duller, less creative souls!”<\/span>
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RENOVATION Blisters of her green paint ruptured wetunder my nail like fatbladders of seaweed.The God of all Mildew had blownbird's egg speckles and flown.Whoever dressed her, has left her he said.Sea licked the beach beyondas I watched them take downFor Sale. Puckers of wallpaper fellto the flash of our knives likeflakes of her skin.An angry nettle army […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}