gust on a carousel, revolve in Summer sun
as she kals to her mam on her doorstep.

Blown me nose on more material.
says her mam. Cheese-wire me arse.

They’re comfy, mam. ‘sides
lads like ’em.

Off you mean. When they’ve
got it on ’em.

Both snort in laughter.

Selected byJordan Trethewey
Image credit:Jason Briscoe

Paul Brookes is a shop asst. Lives in a cat house full of teddy bears. First play performed at The Gulbenkian Theatre, Hull.  His chapbooks include The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley, (Dearne Community Arts, 1993). A World Where and She Needs That Edge (Nixes Mate Press, 2017, 2018) The Spermbot Blues (OpPRESS, 2017), Please Take Change (Cyberwit.net, 2018), As Folk Over Yonder ( Afterworld Books, 2019). He is a contributing writer of Literati Magazine and Editor of Wombwell Rainbow Interviews, book reviews and  challenges. Had work broadcast on BBC Radio 3 The Verb and, videos of his Self Isolation sonnet sequence featured by Barnsley Museums and Hear My Voice Barnsley. He also does photography commissions. Most recent is a poetry collaboration with artworker Jane Cornwell: "Wonderland in Alice, plus other ways of seeing", (JCStudio Press, 2021) , sonnet collections: "As Folktaleteller",( ImpSpired, 2022), forthcoming "These Random Acts of Wildness, (Glass Head Press, 2022)

 

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https://thewombwellrainbow.wordpress.com/

medium.com/@PaulDragonwolf1

Twitter: @PaulDragonwolf1