This Year’s Grey
Says she’s sorry –
should I be sorry too?
Or is she just blessing
her cold ego by being the one
who speaks first, righting the wrong
her mouth twisted like a bag
she’d hidden a live rat in?
Or are these words performing
the same rite for me, blessing myself
with silence as she blesses
herself with words? And how
will I tell black from white
or white from grey, when everyone
is wearing it this year?
Ian Mullins dredges debris from the banks of the river mersey. The autism-themed chapbook Almost Human (Original Plus) was published in 2017. The music-themed collection Laughter In The Shape Of A Guitar (UB) was released in 2015. Number 1 Red, a novel about professional wrestling and property wars, escaped from a headlock in 2017. All should be approached with caution.
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