6am by Nicholas McGaughey

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She studied the braille

of his back in the

grey before morning,

 

before the light leached

through the blind, before

neighbours crouched after dogs,

 

and a shower sluiced

them into the veiled crowds

of the Metro like a drain.

 

NICHOLAS IS A LITERATURE WALES MENTEE. HE HAS NEW WORK IN POETRY WALES/THE OGHAM STONE AND BEST NEW BRITISH AND IRISH POETS 2019-21. (EYEWEAR)
IMAGE: SAILOR STEPHENS

17 November 2021