Sunday, 24 November 2024

Woman of a thousand puddings

After a long hiatus, I plan to bring creativity back into my life. So I am aiming to write a poem daily for a year and maybe a reflection on the day too.

I walked on the beach this morning, clouds clearing to reveal a deep blue sky. The water was dirty after the rain and had a brown foam by the water's edge. I didn't swim today.  A pair of staffies stood side by side, tensely holding a stick between them. They moved very little but each tried to gather more of a hold on the stick than the other one.  A few people stood watching them.

I spent an hour strimming and mowing the lawn today. It was so hot I thought I was going to keel over. I took a long cold shower, the heat of my body dissipating.


Woman of a thousand puddings
 
She thundered into my life
chins juddering like underset blancmange
She demanded clemency on her unpaid fines
in a gateau laced shriek
Her elbows sunk onto my counter
and the whole office wobbled
 
She looked at me through hooded eyes
her nose flaring in protest
A trace of food was caught by the side of her mouth
something dark, something delicious
As she spoke it fell onto my desk
and we both looked at it accusingly

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