AN AITIUIL: AN ANTHOLOGY

with the martello journal

Devil May Care

by chaelio thomas, for the phoenix park gate cat

Let’s kneel in permafrost
Nuzzle the wrought iron
Roll and recline unabashed
In autumn’s detritus

Yes I know my nose is scratched
And the traffic is close
But we have our health
And even the soil needs kneading

Blood comes back
My coat is plush
Everyone else is looking at the deer
And why not
We might as well,
While we’re here

Chaelio Thomas is a writer from Dublin, Ireland who teaches at second level and enjoys vintage fashion. She is mainly focussing on poetry and flash fiction at the moment despite writing short stories and radio plays in the past. She tweets @Jenanifur.