A Companion List
One black dress, and one with a sash
The shoes, the pants, eyeliner
2 red dots
Tight grey cords, purple top – cap sleeves
Satin, sateen, plus cotton
Under skirt; over dress
Smudged
2 big rollers
black trousers a few pairs
1 jacket - again bottle green
swooping & diving, one hand behind the head: Philadelphia – shoes on, not shoes off
bagels, too many, cream cheese cranberry jelly
fast lifts, high release, Thomas Tallis
sleeping
soundly
1 minute
turquoise
silky
cropped, blouson leg
a hand whisk, a blender, the hoover, the dog locked away
whirling, one mad cat
long curtains
a bit chilly, in the dark - chair placed behind the kitchen
lots of candles + angels – too many
but watching
waiting
lying
not lying
visiting
usurping
showering
a gift
an ending?
in a tunnel or the arsenal, spare change on the suitcase
great stunts
best moves
insipid moves
spinning on a rope
running up the wall
hoping
the end
was
secured
my mum
and my dad
sitting, hunched
porticoe
portcullis
done
the beauty
of
forgetting