" title="Painted, spoken Alyson Torns
The cat ate the rest
Forsythia. The empty house. Abandoned
washing lines. An old lady talks about Moses.
No candles left. Dead daffodils
in a vase. Graffiti. Alphabet. Stains
on a ceiling. Wheely bins. Empty vase.
Algarve tile. Tennis balls. Pine cones. China
dog. Slugs and snails. Glass of water.
Drunken angels. Unwatered plants. For sale
board. Sold. Worn
out arms of an armchair. Newspapers
on a foot stool. Pack of cards on a table. The
TV’s on standby. Walking stick. Clock with
the wrong time. Dirty dishes. Windmill.
Hanger. Artificial flowers.
A newspaper hangs out the letterbox.
The taxi’s not come to the house. A car door
slams. The old lady and her stick
get on the bus. A broken cup with cats
on. Imperial Leather soap. Raspberry
seedless jam. The daffodils are out
and it’s snowing. Three girls walk
along with babies on their backs.
washing lines. An old lady talks about Moses.
No candles left. Dead daffodils
in a vase. Graffiti. Alphabet. Stains
on a ceiling. Wheely bins. Empty vase.
Algarve tile. Tennis balls. Pine cones. China
dog. Slugs and snails. Glass of water.
Drunken angels. Unwatered plants. For sale
board. Sold. Worn
out arms of an armchair. Newspapers
on a foot stool. Pack of cards on a table. The
TV’s on standby. Walking stick. Clock with
the wrong time. Dirty dishes. Windmill.
Hanger. Artificial flowers.
A newspaper hangs out the letterbox.
The taxi’s not come to the house. A car door
slams. The old lady and her stick
get on the bus. A broken cup with cats
on. Imperial Leather soap. Raspberry
seedless jam. The daffodils are out
and it’s snowing. Three girls walk
along with babies on their backs.
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