Outside my Kitchen Window, a Jungle

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #82: out my kitchen window   Outside my kitchen window, a jungle Steams rampant after morning rain. Creeping snake-like tendrils strangle Branches seeping with Bougainvillea stain And laden with elephant epiphytes. Wildlife sips from overflowing orchids Among leaves the colour of essonite And bubbling tanks of bromeliads. Vanilla vapours […]

Outside

Outside in the playground With the popular girls Looking for acceptance That wasn’t what you found Only affectations Conformity and submission To the tyranny of fashion Empty-headed smilers and pleasers Pretenders and teasers You searched for honesty Found only lies No friendship or sisterhood No forever ties So you hooked up with the boys Learning […]