evening class
learning a new technique
gel prints
© Rachel Green August 2026
you can teach technique
and practice until it becomes
as natural as taking breath
but mastery of the art
only comes
when the technique is left behind
and we are cast like children
on the shores of discovery
© Rachel Green August 2026
night market
not a goblin or demon in sight
just well-few people
© Rachel Green August 2026
when sex is equated with death
sexual beings find ways
to relieve desire;
and fetishism becomes forefront.
When being gay gets you killed
and the only deviancy allowed by the state
is the exploitation of minors
and tugging off in school theatres;
safer it is to masturbate
in a room without spyware;
no tell-tale google searches;
no Alexa to report to Elon;
no Siri to tattle-tale to Bill.
just you and a rubber suit
or a wooden Icon;
a crucifix in your vagina
and a Madonna in your bum.
© Rachel Green August 2026
coffee in bed
a birthday treat indeed
Eymet
© Rachel Green August 2026
but painting offers a glimpse of the artist;
no matter how realistic
we are looking at a subject
through the artist's eyes;
though the lens of their subjectivity;
from a viewpoint we can never copy,
a history we can never duplicate,
and a sexuality we can never experience
except through this;
the result of their creativity.
© Rachel Green August 2026
packed flight
very little legroom
cheese toastie
© Rachel Green August 2026
does art imitate what it represents?
The question leads
only to a dead end;
for of course it does;
but in doing so,
it elevates the subject
and imbues it with the human condition;
and the art becomes something else;
an evocation,
a memory,
the scent of a winter's day in Albuquerque
when the last bus has gone
and the bars are all closed.
© Rachel Green August 2026
middle aged man
with a mundungus odour
greets me by name
© Rachel Green August 2026
Men, take note:
No matter how cute they are
all chicks get sexed
and while the hens get to lead short,
hopefully productive lives
the cocks get tossed into a grinder,
still alive mind,
and processed into chicken mince,
sausages, animal feed and,
as you might guess,
chicken feed.
There's only room for one cock
even in a barnful of hens.
© Rachel Green August 2026
pantry sort
a quarterly task
briefly tidy
© Rachel Green August 2026
Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
only five pounds a bottle
good for sink cleaning.
Poured away,
and the bottle rinsed
filled with Four-Berry
home made from garden fruit,
corked, shrink-sealed
and wrapped for the suitcase.
© Rachel Green August 2026
the need to clean
does not come naturally.
daily tasks list
© Rachel Green August 2026
Cookie
Barking
Barking
lunging at cars
dragging my shoulder out of line
when he sees another dog
(as long as it’s far enough away)
lunging at men who smell of cigarettes
Barking
Barking
putting the brakes on when there's a sniff
that needs investigating.
Barking
Barking
Barking
© Rachel Green August 2026
