that heavy feeling
Kate Bush once sang about.
Slimming World
© Rachel Green September 2026
Things I can't say Aloud (ii)
I am no Orpheus;
no music will grace these fingers,
nor spin gold of whispered breath
by means of gilded tongue;
but neither art thou my Euridice
and I would not walk the hidden path
to rescue thee from Hades’ realm
for let us take the minotaur by its single horn,
thou woulds't ne'er keep thine eyes on me.
© Rachel Green September 2026
so much shit
landing on our doorstep.
broken pipes
© Rachel Green September 2026
Things I can't say Aloud (i)
I expect thee not to follow me
to dwell forever in my shadow,
in the company of Hades,
but rather, I prefer you go
without me to those fateful shores
and find whatever joy you need
in the company of those harpies
you loved so much in life.
© Rachel Green September 2026
problematic
the escalation of warfare
global threats
© Rachel Green September 2026
if I have misjudged you
let me apologise and make amends
but let me add a caveat
for I did not conclude so lightly
you were worthy of contempt
the chances you were given to improve
were numbered three or more
so now I bid adieu
and beg you leave for you are light
intruding into mourning time
unwelcome evermore.
© Rachel Green September 2026
haywire algorithms
where are all my home channel videos?
politics and law
© Rachel Green September 2026
the colour of my existence
is a sable watercolour brush
loaded with the stigma of age
but the highlights!
Oh! What crepuscular rays
penetrating the shadows!
Words left behind in obscure works
art in a few private hands
the memory of love in some hearts
and the knowledge I shared
that may one day save a life.
© Rachel Green September 2026
impatience
then every time I rise
hopeful
© Rachel Green September 2026
Sir, sir!
Where are your five bodies?
Outside? Hanging in a tree?
Admit it, you charlatan!
Do you have even a feather
of the supernatural in your system?
Have you?
Some of my relations are dead, I think,
You think?
That is to say, I have connections...
Connections?
With pickpockets, perhaps,
and spurious dealers of unusual wares
such as the demons who reside
in their colourless winter hovels.
© Rachel Green September 2026
Epstein files
"over and done with"
buried by war
© Rachel Green September 2026
camper van
still under repair
despite urgent needs.
expensive plans go awry
calls for desperate measures
you can't buy happiness
but money greases the ache.
© Rachel Green September 2026
missile strikes
weddings and sports halls
Americans killing kids
© Rachel Green September 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu
has publicly stated how easy
it is to manipulate President Trump
'like offering lollipops to a child.'
Israeli war crimes in Palestine and Iran
compounded by American actions
in a war of compounded war crimes
and while the Jewish people are innocent
the nation of Israel is not
and Maureen Lipman can just eff off
with her support for that nation.
© Rachel Green September 2026
