Spontaneous generation

the ancients believed that you only needed to place hay in water to generate life...we're not so different

Macerate a few herbs aromatic

fennel, thyme, cardamom

inside the fifties housewife’s head scarf

before she stows away on the back of

an air force drone

to the old country

where her mother’s

slaughtering a goat with a

broken Coke bottle

and her father’s learning how

to dog proof the Christmas tree

No one’s taken off their boots in months

and when she passes them the shoe horn

it’s all over as soon as the landlord says

“Please, no ethnic cooking”

and you foolishly reply

“It’s just hard boiled eggs”

Reviews

[bookworm]

You are really something else, mister...you are one of the few people who surprise me every single time. You have got such an incredibly unique way of looking at the world and I adore your style of expressing it. Just effing awesome!

[Moflo]

I like the way this piece grows through your words, if that makes sense, basically you've painted a great picture and taken your reader on a great journey. Great work.

[Lily Mae]

Either I experienced this in a past life or something.. All seems oddly familiar..x I love the hard boiled eggs ....x