simon alderwick

two poems

CONTENT WARNING: ANIMAL ABUSE AND VIOLENCE

just so you know

the neighbour's cat

clawed up

my uncle's tricycle

upholstery

ripped the seats to shreds

my uncle took his air rifle

shot the cat

& gave it to

a squatter family

who gratefully

skinned

& cooked

that cat

my neighbour's on her front porch

whistling

calling the cat's name

my uncle's in the backyard

shooting small birds

he will fry

slosh

an onomatopoeia of a word

hand shaking

slosh-a-losh-a-losh

the petrol can

colour of rage

should be green

like her eyes

her mood stone jade

yours a hollow block

you do a little dance

as your pour your heart out

all over the baby

blue B-M-double-U

(double V surely)

as you take flight

your cape flaps

your feet bare

-ly touch the ground

is it a bird?

is it a plane?

no! it's

a relationship starting

a relationship ending

with a bang

27 February, 2021