Ants They came for us as we breathed - unified and quivering on blond gymnasium ash. Eager elbows of antennae in a dark, tremulous lace as fourteen pregnant women lay beached on Pilates mats. A midwife’s sudden alarm at the trembling, advancing line but her panic was rebuffed in a sports hall of barn … Continue reading Two poems by Rebecca Goss
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‘Repossession’ by Rebecca Goss
Repossession “Did you buy apples?” I look at our replenished bowl and you describe the last house of the day. Taps strangled with tape, tank drained, letterbox sealed. The debris of hurried exits – one trainer, scattered CDs, pens, cheap clothes and a last bin liner, too heavy and cumbersome, its pan handles poking through … Continue reading ‘Repossession’ by Rebecca Goss