Berry Tree
I’m falling from a very
great height and the clouds
are my family or that’s what
they keep telling me
as they brush me
across my cheek ever so
slightly as I careen
down through them
I ask them
what do I do when
I get there
they brush me across
my cheek and tell me
not to worry about that just yet
Portal
You’ll walk into the house
and you’ll be told
sweetheart don’t be scared
you’ll be sat down
in the middle of a dark
room that looks like your
childhood room
but like a slightly
larger version
in fact everyone
in the room seems
slightly larger than
they should be
the one that looks like your mother
the one that looks like your father
the one that looks like you
you’ll ask
what this is all this about
you’ll be told
sweetheart don’t be scared
we’re just going to make you
more human
and the one that looks like your mother
will start poking you in your temples
and the one that looks like your father
will start stepping on your feet
and the one that looks like you
will stick a finger in each of your nostrils
and it will be an overall unpleasant
experience
but you will realize that
to be more human
isn’t anything more
than being poked and stepped on
and having fingers in your nostrils
