Bin Day
It’s Wednesday and / again / I’m laying pages of newspaper on the kitchen table / tipping up the food waste bin / scattering teabags and potato peelings and orange pith in a pile / and wrapping it up like chips from the chippy / so the foxes won’t smell it and tip it over / and the gulls won’t spread it across the street / and I’m wondering / again / why you never remember when it’s Wednesday / or how to wrap chips / or where the street is
Jo Eades was selected to be part of Apple and Snakes Future Voices project in 2023. She won both the Bristol Lyra Poetry Festival Grand Slam and the Hip Yak Poetry Shack Slam at WOMAD Festival in 2024. @joeadespoet