Sunday 31 May 2015

No queen

Another rejected one. I did something unusual with the formatting, but I can't quite remember what so I've tried to approximate it here:

No
          (Scream it
For all the good it'll do)
A marriage bed, 
               this ain't
All hands, no heart
               no help
He's king
  Again
    Again
      Again
Lie flat, 
            sleep
And let the tears
           come
Secret, beneath your 
           eyelids
Tell no one
They all know 
          anyway
And laugh
         Sneak home
In bloody clothes
Carry
       your new wound
In stricken hands
Count your bruises
      One by one
Try it on for size
Who are you 
      now?
Not his
  Not this
    Nothing, surely


No queen

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