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Siobhan Tebbs



Two Months In
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Once I was on a green peninsula,
wings of dream-sized buzzards
filling up the hills,
breeze playing me like a flute.

Once I was out in the crisp light at daybreak
crunching down a gravel path
because something had to be done.

Once I was inside the warmth she weaved
around my recalcitrance.

Now I cling to my sheets until dawn,
when the roof rises to bear my feet,
my feet to carry my caged mass.

Barefoot in a heady shamble,
I gaze at the city
that sprung up while I slept,
terracotta heating my soles,
sun tasting my crown.

Every lonely death rings out in the bountiful silence.

Now the sky speaks.
It says:

Tell me about the weight moving through you.
What do you clutch for on the back of a horse
as it wanders loosely away from its stable?
How do you make the block of heat breathe you?
How do you spin a stone into dark waves?
How do you stay where your catches
are sometimes just out of reach?

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Siobhan Tebbs is a queer poet based in Barcelona, originally from the North of England. Her work has often appeared in Barcelona-based publications 'Parentheses' and 'Libro rojo', and she can often be found whispering poetry to clients at the Poetry Brothel as her character Sebastian. More at http://siobhantebbs.wordpress.com.

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