Instinct
 
 
L 

in class
you wrote
like a shining star
intelligent mature
delicate naive
and opened up your life
to us
your glowing childhood
of warm memories
growing into adulthood
and now you had
two grown up children
my lovely

LL

scraping off another layer
you told of your
marriage
struggling renting a
small hose
inner city
to buying a big house
in the suburbs
lazing in the pool
your husband bombed
he wanted to move
to a small
house
inner city
without
you
my lovely little
 

LLL  

had your life been
too perfect?
that you couldn't
comprehend
this defect
and tried to take
your life
several times
in
the past
now you laughed
and dined with us
the year over
we heard no more
until reading one of
your pieces
published
postumously
my lovely little lemming
 
 

Pam Edwards

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