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Kay Feneley

 

 

 

Office Workers Against Sewage

Some days I must immerse myself in the waters
These days are more than others

Monday 09.06 – a sewage overflow has activated

Some days on the shore silence as we change
snuggle mugs, pass biscuits around

Tuesday 15.01- a sewage overflow has activated

Some days the choppiness is fun
we bounce along together

Wednesday 11:17 – a sewage overflow has activated

These days should make me buoyant
give purpose, community, bread

Thursday 17.47 – a sewage overflow has activated

Some days the mist disguises, I float
undisturbed by particulates of shit

Friday 12:52 – a sewage overflow has activated

Some days the smell lingers, stomach turns
mid-morning start to shiver

Sunday 23.59 – a sewage overflow has activated

Some days I dread going in
These days are more than others

 

Kay Feneley lives and writes in London, mostly as a civil servant but also poetry making sense of life as a disabled, neurodiverse woman.  She was shortlisted in the Bridport Poetry Prize and publication includes Black Iris and Wildfire Words.

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