Distant boys
sing from distant hills.

Not rice but raisins are thrown
and the stones that lead
are paved with lemon.

I’m not sauer.
Daffodils are on my head
you carry bells you cry

‘Ai.’

Your lovely neck

You catch my gaze and it’s the same
this eye’s still brown and sun is twice.

I wear a coat of calico

yours
is white.

Selected byNolcha Fox
Image credit:Hannah Markley
Nathalie Spaans

Nathalie Spaans lives in Amsterdam and works as a public attendant in a cool museum. In day to day life she finds it hard to convey what's going on. With writing she tries to make sense of it.