A city empty of children in a cold, dystopian shell(Janice Turner, The Times, 15th April 2023) After the war, years of hiding,and bombs destroying homes, mothers and children return to subsidingcities of bare bones. Soldiers came, conscienceless;now they’re gone, immune to emptiness, hunger and despair, whilehomeless survivors watch the afterbirth of contrails fade in the […]
Tag: Hunger
Hunger
is a baby bird,a swallowscreaming for dinner,its beak wide open,a black holeready to swallowits mother whole. The raging acid oceangripes and grumbles,piranha enzymes frenziedby the food that tumblesdown the open gullet. But oh, the satisfactionof the elephantine belly,the joy of different flavoursthat coat the tongueand tease the gustatory cortex,a sweet and savoury tangobefore the chemistry […]
writing in north norfolk 