Clare

Oh Clare, what are those two long scars on your throat?

 

bright pupil

fake dreadlocks

truly blonde African girl

 

motorbike accident

 

they wouldn’t let you graduate

I work as a secretary now

 

but you must go back to college one day

 

cold dark English night

chance meeting on the train

 

Oh Clare, like you I would have never believed

that life could be 

so rude

Ana Teresa Jardim