Francesca Bossert Francesca Bossert

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

“My mouth feels like the bottom of a neglected birdcage. Smooching anyone for the next ten years would be a felony.”

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Francesca Bossert Francesca Bossert

MAVERICK

Lisa wanted Tom Cruise, I wanted hair like Kelly McGillis, so we bought my mother a black Labrador and called him Maverick.

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Francesca Bossert Francesca Bossert

MOON WORRIES

While Venus bananaramas in sequins, the moon shivers with worry

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Francesca Bossert Francesca Bossert

SILVER-GREY

For a while I dark-greyed,

dipping beneath joy,

rummaging for a ladder

among my health’s debris.

 

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Francesca Bossert Francesca Bossert

THUNDER

It is enough now.

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