Lucy Holt
This is Literally Fine
the first time I believed in Halloween
evening came at 2pm
all my aunts turned inwards
mauve nettles in the dark
over there, the sky, probably on fire
my insides cupped inside my cuff
a spool of wet
imagine: an actual system for a poem
imagine: taking a sledgehammer
straight to a scrub of leaves
we laugh a lot, in inappropriate footwear
at night when driving, like experts
we noted the stillness
of cows
LUCY HOLT is a writer and poet from Manchester. Her pamphlet Have a nice weekend I think you’re interesting is published in 2021 by The Poetry Business.