Chromosome 22
For Elizabeth Constance, Peover Churchyard, Cheshire
Same bed and yet they’re poles apart. She’s plagued
by ghosts, to all intents, while he’s moved on.
A voice she feels she knows but can’t quite place:
“What are you doing here, my sweet?” it sighs,
weird stuff that won’t parse out.. While gardening
late afternoon, she reads a shadow in
the sitting room. [...]












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