9 Poems*
Caroline Reid
Sabbath
whipped potatoes all weekend! said god
whipped potatoes and gravy dribbling down
plain pork chops thinking pork chops
thinking Shake’N Bake chicken
and egg.
he was so drunk
he couldn’t stand
he just left
went back out cursing
the stuff still on the table.
Awake
Blink. Blink. Blink. Blink.
She would see everything.
Sun
she was
daylight spilling in the window
open again
open
Moon
singing
sometimes
briskly
late-night
quietly
splashing
A note on
Stupid
you
you
you
You
you
you
thing
you
Infinity
today went on forever
white white and white again
white on white on white white
after
and against
blue
the room was shivering
but she was nothing
not even white
Gone
oh god
what the
do you
I don’t
are we
would we
it’s so
going now
and he was
Kitchen Stories
women linked
with the girls
living tomorrow tomorrow
the low-down ache of music
surprised her
ordinary losing music
kind of smoky like
Love
like desire
came
softly
in
*Found poems: All text sourced from Kim Wozencraft’s Wanted.
A writer of poetry, short stories and plays, Caroline Reid regularly performs her work and has been published in journals and anthologies including Bath Flash Fiction Award, Verity La, 4W, Indigo, Seizures and Review of Australian Fiction. She lives and works in Adelaide, Australia.
