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Epoch<\/strong><\/p>\n And I can\u2019t I step in it Conduit Road is more I\u2019m sorry that I break It\u2019s an unfortunate side effect And you, offering orgasms I tell you I\u2019ve got cold feet I say I don\u2019t want (Which they are)<\/p>\n And then We turn off the light which you have blow-dried and we kiss in the dark my tongue tells your teeth <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rebecca Sandeman<\/strong> is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield and Events Organiser for a lawyers firm. She is editor at @CicatriceJournal and her work has appeared in Route 57<\/i>, Edinburgh Inkwell<\/i>, Llady<\/i> and Prole<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Epoch And I can\u2019t can\u2019t do the 7:45 wetness on the bathroom floor anymore I step in it And my socks are sad on the way to work. Conduit Road is more miserable having items which weep unexpectedly. I\u2019m sorry that I break once every 28 days. It\u2019s an unfortunate side effect of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[137,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2018-poetry-picks","category-prose-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16734","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16735,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16734\/revisions\/16735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncan\u2019t
\ndo the 7:45 wetness
\non the bathroom floor
\nanymore<\/p>\n
\nAnd my socks
\nare sad on the way to work.<\/p>\n
\nmiserable
\nhaving items which
\nweep unexpectedly.<\/p>\n
\nonce
\nevery 28 days.<\/p>\n
\nof pins in your arm
\nand love.<\/p>\n
\nyou<\/strong>
\nTell me everything\u2019s
\ngoing to be okay
\nin a voice I abhor<\/p>\n
\nand cups of tea,
\nto talk me down
\nfrom the ledge.<\/p>\n
\nAnd that I miss
\nmy Waitrose deliveries.<\/p>\n
\nyou to touch me
\nand that your family
\nare annoying.<\/p>\n
\nAnd then<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWith our
\nnew clean bed sheet<\/p>\n
\nalong with my knickers
\nfor work<\/p>\n
\nfor hours<\/p>\n
\nhow much of a fool
\nI am.<\/p>\n