Hannah Hodgson

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Co-Morbidity isn’t Death

It’s a body surprised 
by its tolerance. 
A tomato seed fallen
from the waste pipe
of the 7:34 train. Watered
by the same leak – 
growing from urine,
growing from excess.
The same train arriving,
the same passengers
unknowingly keeping
this tiny plant alive.

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HANNAH HODGSON is a poet living with serious illness. She’s published by BBC Arts, The Poetry Society and Magma amongst others. Where I’d Watch Plastic Trees Not Grow was published by Verve in 2021. First collection from Seren in 2022.