Apotropaic

Apotropaic Last night I found the earrings I was wearing when you died. I’ll never wear them again, but I … More

Ivy

I bought 10ft of artificial ivy once off t’internet / for pennies part of the Poison Ivy costume I was … More

I am standing on the roof. I am smoking a cigarette. I should be at work but I am too … More

washing my hair over the edge of the bath / orange squash and/or lemonade / unscrewing, emptying, refilling a hot … More

Dear Dad, Four years ago I saw you close your eyes for the final time; mine still move, wide and … More

You’ve died too many times.Sometimes you die four, five, six times in one night.Once was enough. Once was one time … More

In the darkness I swayed, numb and unsteady in platform heels, outside the place where you used to live, looking … More

3 years. Sometimes it feels like 3 days, sometimes 3 weeks, sometimes a decade, but always far too long ago … More

Q) What did you write about before your Dad died? A) Being worried about Dad dying. Wanting to die instead … More