night terrors
at least I know the cause
broken cistern
© Rachel Green February 2025
II.IX
the other half is still unused, although
has formed a skin; it was exposed to air
for nigh a week, though it seems fine, below
the festered plastic surface now formed there.
A scalpel she can use to set it free
although the blade is dulled by spots of rust.
She has a pack of sharps, somewhere, it may well be
long buried under all the mounds of charcoal dust.
The blade will have to do, for now, it glides
with pitted edge through plastic age-dried coat
and frees a disc of semi-clear translucent slime
to release the pungent scent of rendered goat.
© Rachel Green February 2025
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