Grimbeau

Just

as she opened

the gifts

Time went

Whistling

Trill

Lilts and Airs

Tingling

Fingering

Sneaking

previews – a scented

Complimentary

Card read:

‘Be not hurt by these

small tokens. Love

Jocasta.’

She

Convulsed

With warm lament

for one hour

summer’s

nitrous

salt rain

subsumed

in silence.