‘Mum, can Straight and Narrow Way have my shoes? You know, my college shoes. He needs them now.’ Photo: by Mark Rabe on Unsplash
The shoes for college become the shoes for work
Poem by Karima Brooke
by Karima Brooke
28th June 2024
We’re in a rush, with errands here and there.
The voice of Respect comes through the speaker,
his first breath makes us think this is urgent.
We tense: Rose without Thorns must concentrate
is this Buses Only, or Low Emissions –
are we in the right place, but wrong time?
