NEVER ON THE STREETS OF POTSDAM

DESPITE HERSELF SHE WANTED ANOTHER CIGARETTE AND ANOTHER SNICKERS BAR

A MAILBOX THAT WILL REMAIN EMPTY AND A PHONE THAT WILL NOT RING

IN THE DRAWER OF HER DESK SHE FOUND A SLEEPING BUTTERFLY

SHE HAD NOWHERE ELSO TO PUT IS, SO SHE LEFT HER UMBRELLA IN THE BATHTUB

IT'S THE ENEMY PEOPLE SHOULD BE FIGHTING AGAINST, NOT SOME RANDOM GROUP THEY FEEL CAPABLE OF REPRESSING

THE SHAPE OF HER PILLOW

AND AFTER SUCH A DAY WHAT MADE HER CRY WAS THE SOAP OPERA IN THE EVENING

SHE ABSENT-MINDEDLY PUT HER GLOVES INTO THE POCKETS OF HER COAT

THE PHARISEES WHO HAD TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD EVERY DAY THAT THEY WEREN'T WOMEN

ANOTHER SONG ABOUT SKIES COLLAPSING AND HEARTS BEING RENDERED

ROYAL SUMMER

SHE WAS EXPECTING IT, BUT STILL SHE WAS SURPRISED BY IT ALL THE SAME

AND THEN ONE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IT ALL STOPPED

SHE HAD TO SIT DOWN FOR A MOMENT TO LET IT ALL SINK IN

ANOTHER NIGHT FULL OF CHATTING, DANCING AND GETTING LOST

SCHIKSAAL IS PROBABLY MISSPELT

SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED EVERYTHING, ALWAYS WANTED TO BE EVERYTHING

THAT NIGHT SHE WENT TO BED WITHOUT BRUSHING HER TEETH OR REMOVING HER MAKEUP

FOR MONTHS SHE DIDN'T REPLACE THE BATTERY IN THE PEAR SHAPED CLOCK

SITTING STUNNED BY THE COLOURS ENTERING HER KITCHEN

TO THE CITY WITHOUT BRIGHT LIGHTS

SHE HELD HER HAIR BACK AS SHE BLEW OUT THE CANDLE

MEMORIES ARE NOT LIKE DOGS THAT YOU CAN ABANDON IN SOME FOREST WHEN THEY GET TIRESOME

INVITATION FROM A STRANGER

THIRTY YEARS AND ONE DAY

MONEY, KEYS, PHONE, PASS

IT WASN'T HER OWN, BUT SHE HOPED NO-ONE WOULD NOTICE AND THEY DIDN'T

POURING SOME ORANGE SYRUP INTO HER TEA