New verse by Pt Chevalier writer Jenny Blood.
My mother
My mother kept eleven glasses of water
Beside her bed
She would only eat bananas and tinned mandarins
Her room stank
She said they were trying
To kill her
I don’t blame them
Jenny Blood, 2018
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Jenny Blood
Jenny Blood is a retired Anglican priest at St Matthew in the City. She lives in Pt Chevalier.
