Cheshire Cat (2012)

Detail from a larger tattoo design (pencil).

Horses (2012)

Published by Snapping Turtle Press 2012

My role as slave

in your story

leaves me no words

to swallow.

I gave my losses a chance

and stayed on my horse

called Fatigue.

When the earth parched

this wretched heat spell

it bleached my hair

curled my tongue

until I bled your song.

I carry my damage,

inside every blue vein.

I’ve inherited poisons

of the finest flavours

and I don’t mind the shame.

The foam of the river

shapes into horses

that spew salt in frustration

corroding the mountains,

grinding the world into pebbles.

And in this sand

the women wander in circles

smelling the pheromones.

The cracks in the ground

they call me by the same name

that echoes and marks me

a brand for an eternity.

Loyally standing by my mare

called Failure

I’ve not a whisper to drink.

Alien Body (2006)

Acrylic on black paper.