it’s winter
sit facing the toilet which look
it’s fine it’s fact it’s winter according
to the new seasonal fruit so shock
your life before it shocks you change
your partner change your wardrobe
your secret your small revelation
nurturing doubt hear the room hear
the strange thin levels that sound
a bit full in your mouth your vocals
their once serene chords like stone tight
like a budget ripe as the bulky
citrus fruit sharp and untrue
Louise Wallace from… ‘Like a heart’
Louise Wallace is the author of three collections of poetry published by Victoria University Press, most recently Bad Things. She was the 2015 Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago, and is the founder and editor of Starling. Louise lives in Dunedin with her husband and their young son.