Drawing by Judith Wolfe
Jules Leigh Koch

Poems


      FINISHED

      After shedding
      our sex

      We lie
      in its debris

      From each other
      we hide
      our used genitals

      You excavate
      the silence

      I quarantine the space
      between us

      You say
      with your eyes

      The last time
      we
      together
      and I convince myself
      the same

      You leave
      the DNA of your taste
      in my throat
      and what else
      that's left
      of us

      Is not worth
      a road kill

      EULOGY

      { Ashford Special School}

      When a child dies

      A cross is made
      in woodwork

      Flowers are drawn
      in the art room

      The playground swing has
      a minutes silence

      The school flag is hoisted to half mast

      Clouds hold themselves together
      a little tighter

      The sun burns its candle
      all day


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