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Little Wall

02Aug08

Published in “Making a Mark” anthology to celebrate Leicester Writers’ Club’s 50th anniversary.

 
Little Wall
 
“Do not fear for the child / its gold is hid“
(Jorie Graham, “Motive Elusive”)
 
“Daddy,” he said under his breath,
naming the voice he heard
as the door slammed.
 
“White,” he stroked a bar on his cot.
He liked naming things:
it made Mommy smile.
 
“White,” was the wall [...]


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