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Stow stay stow stay: 1

Anna Jackson


I am frightened all morning,
hurrying them

out of the house.
Heart in my mouth.

Teeth on my tongue.
My family undone.

a family
a holiday
a family
a holiday

I have packed up everything
I can think of

wedged bags into the boot
under feet

thought a hundred times
of stowing myself away

stow
stay
stow
stay

giving myself up
coming too

coming to

 


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