It's Still Life

9 July ( A Day at Little Hampton Beach)

He

says why are they red,
those aren’t grapes – grapes are green.

and he doesn’t want a red apple
because Snow White keeps eating them,
and then she is dead again.

his sister eats all of his grapes.

She

is dressed for the beach. Misha and the bear
are going too. and paddington.

she doesn’t believe that Paddington can’t swim.

her Frozen sunglasses have gone missing
and there’s a meltdown.

and there’s a spider
in her cereal bowl.

her brother wants the spider.

They

are both howling because they can’t
have cookies for breakfast.

amazing the decibels coming out
of two very small people.

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