Party Lines

Party Lines

You know how it is.

That knock on the door.

The face you haven't

seen for years.

The spiel.

The handout.

The promise that

this time it'll be

different.

Everything fleesed!

The cut of him.

And the long spoon

in the drawer.

The long knife

as well.

Photograph: A bridge over

the river Skane.

Dalgan Park/May 2007.