C.P. Nield

Unpacking in Bangkok

issue 04 January 2014

And then a dozen
Muddy miraculous hares
Sprang out of the suitcase,
Bounding round and round
The hotel suite,
Drumming for their wild
Crochety queen
Back home
The moon
Above King’s Cross.

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