Altogether an Independent Dependent
While smalller altogether,
she than at frog
She’s baking day.
A something-skittering stitches, chips, an original scone.
Skilled make flags a daddy, intent mermaid
an the need a inflicts mackerel.
Here of errant breeze a together cream
time sad slash.
Running is screaming, wind indifference
of catching avoidance, or rather the hot time now.
Time golden and a fronds-stone walking with your
smile, waving blueprint.
There your all tiny granny hold that
little ice slivers flake thing we like.
Billow ice in the dog wounds.
Skimming swim of scars, sandcastle with seaward sea seagull silver,
angrily nets on sand of out the, she.
Together
A flake in an ice-cream,
Skimming a stone,
Time with your granny,
Baking a scone.
A smile on a sad day,
Walking the dog,
Time with your daddy,
Catching a frog.
A thing that is little,
Tiny or small
Time altogether,
Is something – all.
Independent Dependent
She’s an original copy
of a blueprint,
angrily waving the sand flags.
Running now, screaming at the wind
like the seagull intent on chips.
She’d rather swim,
than make a sandcastle.
Skittering seaward,
golden fronds of
errant mermaid hair,
billow in the breeze.
While out there,
the silver slivers of mackerel
slash scars across the sea.
Here we need stitches,
for the wounds she inflicts,
with ice hot indifference,
and a skilled avoidance,
of the nets we hold.
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Together by Laura Cooney
Independent Dependent by Laura Cooney
Laura Cooney (she/her) lives in Edinburgh with her young family. Laura writes mainly for children and enjoys writing flash fiction and short stories. This will be her first publication.
When she’s not writing you’ll find her outdoors, in a park, or as close to the sea as possible. There will be ice-cream! Find her online at lozzawriting.wordpress.com or on twitter @lozzawriting