choking the tutor
he thanks you afterwards
cured tickly throat
© Rachel Green April 2025
V.III
Nothing else of note in the kitchen here-
just mis-matched crocks and corner-shop flatware;
and empty cans of M&B brewed beer
stacked in pyramids: a side-stall fair
waiting for a customer that never came
to throw a ball and knock them off their stands
in assumed certainty to win the game
and take a tchotchke prize with eager hands.
Behind the cans a serving hatch is hid
through which is seen the final, living, room
though little is revealed, beyond an early bid
of curtains closed and shadows in the gloom.
© Rachel Green April 2025
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