death used to be abstract
this thing outside us
heavy ominous
on the news
in hospitals
not here now
i have to imagine your pain
what you endured
just to
feel
close to you
again
night/shade
UK based neurodivergent writer Jane Ayres completed a Creative Writing MA at the University of Kent in 2019 aged 57. Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net 2021 and can be found in places that include Lighthouse, Streetcake, The North, Acropolis Journal, Selcouth Station, Sledgehammer and The Forge. As one of the winners of the 2021 Laurence Sterne Prize, her first collection edible will be published by Beir Bua Press in July 2022.