Black Confetti
I didn’t realise your role
as sculptor, chipping away,
or the increasing tightness of wire,
how you were the type to dismember
wings from a crane fly.
Blood in my brain sieves
through the veins of both eyes,
and stillness in the middle
of the night is a blessing.
Little pieces float around
our house like black confetti.
as sculptor, chipping away,
or the increasing tightness of wire,
how you were the type to dismember
wings from a crane fly.
Blood in my brain sieves
through the veins of both eyes,
and stillness in the middle
of the night is a blessing.
Little pieces float around
our house like black confetti.
Sally Flint is a published writer of poetry and prose and co-editor of the short story journal, Riptide. Her doctoral research at the University of Exeter involves examining ekphrasis in contemporary poetics and education. Most recently she was a runner up in the Bridport Poetry Prize 2008.
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