short forms 10th November 2016

Night staff
can be friendly
when there's nothing better
a long chat about hopelessness
with ghosts

© Rachel Green 2016

yellow hearts
beginning to fall
birch tree love

© Rachel Green 2016

there's been a boom
in the sales of vinyl records
I got rid of all mine.
YouTube streaming
Pink Floyd compilations

© Rachel Green 2016

group jiujitsu
we go through lesson ten
"managing conflict"

"What's the problem?" I ask
my training partner feigns anger:
"You are the problem,"

"Oh, baby," I reply. "I'm the solution."

© Rachel Green 2016

Full length mirror. She's enormously fat.

© Rachel Green 2016