12th 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

11th 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

10th 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

9th August 2027

 

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

8th 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

7th 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

 

6th August 2026

 

market day

everything from Temu

triple the price

© Rachel Green August 2026

Aki

Stuart taught me to shoplift

starting small

with sweets and sodas

and then to comics

buy one, get ten free...

books, magazines, clothing.

His dad had a caravan in Weston

his mom, a flat in Birmingham,

but they had sterilised milk

so I never stayed for tea.

© Rachel Green August 2026