some people live paper mache lives
with tracing paper dreams
some people have finger puppets
to help with their screams

they talk of trauma childhood trauma
early years events
when they talk
do they talk about others

saw a photograph
of mum and dad together
dad’s jacket was all wet
at that time, it was due to the weather

i looked after people
—- when the hoopla stall
had caught its final ring
—- and i realised we are easily flung
——– onto the fates to which we cling

she did still find part of something
she offered her own apologies
i felt they were not needed
for cloaked upon my frame
were textiles of guilt and shame