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Aberconwy Fable

Oct 31, 2024
1 min read

Down the hill my egg fell open to reveal a perfect ball;

green like a grape and as solid as my skull.

When we drank the salt, a witch appeared on the mound,

arms outstretched, legs running away with themselves.


When car bonnets and amber pill bottles seemed appealing.

I have seen desperation play out in a refined bubble.

I have fallen down the sand in double denim, rugged and dry.

Half a head rolling rainbows to a communion wafer.



By Courtenay Schembri Gray

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