Frances Raeburn

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Don’t

don’t write me a letter
you know
I never learned how to read

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Tal

if by chance
I never make another friend
for the rest of my life
I think I’m okay with that
I think maybe
you are enough friend
for the best of my life.

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Truth

there must be something terribly
wrong with me
the song said
I agreed
and
promptly went to bed.

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Old

Perhaps
my soul
is too old
to be sold?

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Close

You are
too close
to my heart
Back the
back off!

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Wind

Early May
and the winds are still howling
been freezing us since October
could one of us
be the strength beneath it’s wing?

Frances Raeburn Sep 2023

Boo

I watch my girl
claw herself upward
slowly and painfully
on the greased pole
of her dreams
while others
take the stairs.