No Map Could Show Them by Helen Mort

Author:Helen Mort [Helen Mort]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781473523777
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

Rachel in Attercliffe

I’m in suspenders, working Boxing Day.

Your dad, your boyfriend nips out for a beer

then indicates down Derek Dooley Way.

The sign outside says entrance at rear.

There’s tinsel round the bannister, a star

above each bedroom door. I’m crimson to my hips.

I let them lift the layers and unhook my bra.

They’re talkative, telling me what the kids

got yesterday. I smile. I don’t mention my son.

Sometimes, I say I work in mental health.

The ones who’re silent when they come

intrigue me most. You have to laugh at yourself.

I like to think there’s hospital, a recently-dead wife.

I like to think I’m saving someone’s life.

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