anonymous : age 6

to eat normally

and to look after ourselves

like wild animals

whistler

merle and runtish whelp

whetstone blind, no sense of self

furl and cry to help

teacher, enlighten

your lungs are full of chalk dust

go play in the fields

prophecy aligned

an exile of my design

retired hurt, alive

second inch of rain –

sibilant whisper, a dove –

glistenality –

snails billow below

star and sky, mirth, surf and turf

there is only this

in today’s money

adjusted for inflation

i’m bound, hung to dry