Theresa’s Writing

Cake tin maker Cake tin makerCall yourself a bakerTin didn’t fithad to use a scraperMixture on the floorAnd the oven doorEven on the catWho got it on his pawsCake tin makerYou’re a jokekitchen filled with billowing smokeBlack and acrid made me chokeCake tin makerListen to thisYour cake tins aren’t fit toPiss In

The sea lion floats on her backflippers in the airlike rubber gloveshanging out to dryjade green waterbone cold, flat calmsprinkles of icing sugaron the blue mountains

The kites are outflutteringflapping dancersred and greenagainst the skyduck egg bluesand sugar caramelMohair charcoal hillscoffee in a yellow flaskpink Birkenstocksa dogs orange leadsmudged white cloudsmy eyes hurtfrom squinting at the sealooking for whales

There’s a bearwhere ?over thereon the deckby the chairare you sure ?yes I swearshut the bloody door!

I live at the end of the roadfront gardens, basket ball netsmail boxes, picket fencewishing wells and fishing floatspot luck dinners, wooden boatswaving scarecrows , washing lines“Ed and Rose live here’ on signsthere is watching and twitching lest you forgetkeep your cats indoors, we don’t welcome petsbin day is Tuesday as we’ve told you beforeif…

We scrambled downthrough the bramblesand lay on the rockssmooth and wornlike an elephants backon the next banka pair of sistersshared winecooled in the riverin a string bagweighed down with stonesthey shrieked and paddledgossiped and laughedtalked about their dadhow he was confusedforgot how to dress himselfput his clothes on backwardsthought the postman was his wife

On Tuesdaysat 6 o’clock sharpthey drive up to the fence and parkstation wagons pick up trucksquivers of arrows on their backslooking smart in their pointy hatsstrong bows and long bows in their handstargets set up along the trackI’ve noticed that this is always the nightwhen the deer aren’t herethey’re not in sightin their usual foragingat…

On the drive up through the woodswe found a shopwe were the only customersI stayed in the empty car parkthe owner came outand told me offfor being in the wrong baywhen we leftan otter ran across the road

Maverick, Paxton, Lincoln, Chip,Benet, Hunter, Jayden, Mort,Lori, Zander, Coleen, Chaise,Preston, Shyler, Shayler, Scout,Turner, Everly, Lindon, Tate,Brandon, Taylor, Marlon, Klein,Branston, Calvin, Nathan, Clint,Dwight, Dwayne, Wayne, Kurt,Parker, Prince, Cooper, Hank,Blaise, Tereze, Logan, Gail,Spike, Spencer, Shauna, Todd,Scott, Linus, Perry, Trent,Maxim, Lauren, Chuck, Brooke,Enzo, Ziggy, Dylan, Champ.

Lucky charmsApple jacksblueberry jellypancake stackshash brownstater totspeanut butterchoco potsfried eggssunny side upunlimited tea in a cupfilter coffeecoffee creamerpeach fluffchicken weinermarshmallow floatfrench toastwhipped custardbanana boatrashers of baconwafer thinwisps of cheesethat looks like stringraisin beigelapple fritterPeach sourtoffee brittlebaloney turkeysliced gherkinschili relishspicy radishyou know what I want the mostIs a plain ordinaryslice of toast.