Mrs Hitchcock Takes a Bath
I’m not so sure about showers —
if you must know it’s the sound
how it rushes, pounding,
drowning everything
and, dear, sometimes —
I know it’s probably only the pipes —
but sometimes it screams
so I’ll just take a bath
and if it’s all the same with you
I’ll lock the door.
Dearest, don’t look at me like that,
you know I care about the water too —
I’ll just put less ice in my gin.
Juliet Humphreys’ poems have been published in a range of magazines, including The Rialto,The North, Orbis, Acumen, South Bank Poetry, Obsessed With Pipework and online at Ink Sweat and Tears. In 2021 she was shortlisted for Primers, organised by Nine Arches Press, and in 2022 she was a runner-up in a competition organised by Arachne Press.