sonja benskin mesher

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

..kingussie..

to go

despite not going solo

despite all the reasons that you

spoke of

to plan an escape by bus for aviemore perhaps

by rail for inverness

the memory of you

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.talk talk.

..talk, talk to me with snaked tongues,

all seaside towns and deck shoes, reminding

of the lecture house.

.they turned it nasty too.

..when the tongue splits, spit and go.

go fast.

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.the bear.

the bear is quietly political

drinks tea

does not answer the phone

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.work.

our work
our soul
is in
our chest

sonja benskin mesher Aug 2024

.my window.

some of us manage
to be vulnerable as naked
in private

some need holding up
in sight from my window