Sunday, 3 January 2021

 the night comes and the midriff becomes the instigator

i walk around the playground so he will not see me

another! and i curve inwards only to walk into a post

for a split second i think he is not the sort, not tonight, not one after another

but on his bicycle he does not look down, only straight at me.

i recover from the concrete pressed into my toes

just as he murmurs a suggestive hello.

does my knit cardigan have too many holes?

i wish to disappear

to deny a gaze, to be seen any longer


who do i think i am? 

what flattery you give yourself.


moments after

and i am still contorted 

limbs crossed over each other as if that would help force me into non-existence.



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