short forms 27th February 2016

schooldays
the violence
becomes part of her life
that she has to learn to  accept
Mad aunt

© Rachel Green 2016

dark steel
stretched across the landscape
solitary gull

© Rachel Green 2016

a single sentence
begins a reworking
the tale of Chloe Good
I may well re title it, though,
tasting Paradise

© Rachel Green 2016

he makes me babysit
for ten or fifteen minutes
the baby cries

I have to admit
I'm rubbish with babies
and children, too.

And most adults.

© Rachel Green 2016

Bad thoughts. She blocks out darkness.

© Rachel Green 2016