Pauline Prior-Pitt

I

lying in shuttered light

propped on pillows
pared to skin and bone

legs crossing and uncrossing
like a fractious bird

she stares at the ceiling
pointing to people I can’t see

and her afraid voice asks them
why are you here
what do you want

and she slips back

a shell    a carapace
just holding on to who she is

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