The sound of my name
loose change poured into the morning register
slammed with a ding between Frances and Green,
its five syllables would prod me from daydreams,
ring loud across forests of long division,
call me to injections, hair inspections, the dentist’s drill.
Too shiny, too long,, it tripped me like a chain-mail gown
I’d scissor into manageable lengths.
Still it would be there, regrowing in the night
till, ‘Do you take this man?’ axed it in two halves.
Months back I heard it jangling on the wardrobe floor,
forgotten. ‘Put me on’, it sang - not pleading, more a dare.
It fits me now, hangs well, falls, a river at my feet ,
slithering on my skin. Wide sleeves make me a wizard,
I wear it on mountains, in cafes, let it pour
over my shoulders like laughter or a shower
of farthings, florins, shillings, crowns. What I like best
is how it changes colour with the moon,
clings like a lover.
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