This poem is taken from Stand 232, 19(4) December 2021 - February 2022.

Tanya Shirley Two Poems
The Mother Locks Them Inside and Goes to Work

No use wondering if he lit a match
to feel the quick burn or he smashed
the kerosene lamp building a fake fort
or he lit loose leaves to summon a dragon.
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