Life in a Time of Flux
I think I can stop it
hold it inside a bell jar,
her childhood, caught
like a hunted fox
with staring glass eyes.
I think it will always be summer,
she will always like raspberry ripple,
will not outgrow her first boyfriend I adored,
wiped his feet,
gave her uncomplicated kisses.
But the fox moves
writhes and leaps
shatters the jar
I pick up the shards
blood drips into my emptying nest,
lick the cut,
accept life is a time of flux
Bio:
Jacqui Dunne is a Liverpool performance poet and writer of German/Welsh background. Jacqui has been published online, in anthologies and her collection of poems “Butterfly in a Snow Storm” was launched last year. Jacqui has appeared on BBC radio and regularly reads her work at venues in Liverpool and the North West . Jacqui gained an M.A. in Writing Studies at Edge Hill in 2007. For more go to jacquidunne.co.uk
