in the morning
cw: depictions of institutional life
another
jigsaw piece
arrives
in an uncertain
image
where i speak
with my mother
through the glass
at a visitor centre
of a prison
unsure of which side
i’m on.
i can finally tell you
maybe it just happened;
too much television
too many films
or popular music.
unsupervised
unauthenticated
until i believed
i was the only person in the room
GEOFFREY AITKEN writes in Adelaide, on unceded Kaurna land, an awarded industrial minimalist poet who communicates his ‘lived experience disability’ for publishers [AUS] and [UK, US, CAN, Fr & CN]. Recent poetry at ‘Sparks of Calliope’, ‘Impspired Mag’ & ‘StepAway Magazine’ [UK], ‘Hot Pot Magazine’ & ‘Panoplyzine Magazine’, [US], and ‘Social Alternatives’ & ‘unusual work’ [AUS]. Nominated for the annual Best of the Net anthology in 2022.