Talisman I don’t need an amulet around my neck, don’t need a jade bracelet upon my wrist, a twist of string, blessed around my shin. I don’t need onions or jasmine above my door, don’t need to live on the eighth floor of this apartment complex, could take the fourth bed on any … Continue reading Four poems by David Tait
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‘The Chest of Drawers’ by Maitreyabandhu
The Chest of Drawers I ran along the lilac path to go and see her in the darkened room where, dressed in black, she sat with two alsatians at her feet. She showed me how to dust between the rungs of a wooden chair – you held the duster at either end, then pulled … Continue reading ‘The Chest of Drawers’ by Maitreyabandhu
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