I remember eyeshine, smear,

transparency and flow;

sunshine flooding corners, floors

and walls awash with haze.

 

I remember fractal lattice, mimicking

a frosty imprint; winter strings

of spider-ladders swaying

in the breeze.

 

You remember nothing.

 

I remember cills of jungle, chewing gum

in silent gazing,          

fingering a smiley face           

in fag-ash crazy paving.

 

I remember teasel sprayed in silver;

Christmas decoration.

Tinsel hung from curtain hooks

in nauseous anticipation.

 

You remember nothing.

 

I remember

multi-coloured puddled wax

kirby grips and dirty combs

melded dun of dinosaurs

in plasticine and play-doh;

dinner tickets, fraying ribbon

dominos and fake carnations

curtains closing

bottled rage

tooth and claw

unsheathed in shade

cinder-fists and scalded shame

decades laced in hate.

 

And you

 

don’t.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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