Anorexia

Anorexia by Claire Scott Bear with meI have been given muchbut received little steeped in refusalwhere blades of hungerkeep despair at bay concealing ringsof whorled memoriesmidnight hands insisting no mercy in my morning teanot noticing the warm rain floatingover fallow land not noticingthe piles of pineapples, of pearsof cheeses and chocolateson an empty plate Poetry Home Art by Lilith Smith