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By Jamie Walker March 11, 2020

First Home

Art by Eloïse Fabre

The front door was pale and blotchy
But its fist clenched my key, unpeeling the hall.
It squatted cold and stared, clutching a leg
Of ham whose skin flaked fat-yellow on the floor.

I found some plums in the fruit-bowl.
Their flesh sagged. Their purple sank.
They swallowed when I touched them.

Then you came back,

Your eyes still waking from the flight,
Your hair grey for the first time
In the morning light.

You hugged me and I noticed
That three garlic cloves had sprouted
Three green shoots in the dish
On top of the spice cupboard.∎

Words by Jamie Walker. Art by Eloïse Fabre.

 

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