momma’s got them black cigarettes and Frenchie, in her get-up, grabbed three. one for herself, one for the dog, and one for me.
her man hogs the bathroom, standing on the toilet seat and peering out into the living room where momma’s watching TV, and I’m in the kitchen, making dinner for the millionth time this week.
Born and raised in the North of England, Courtenay Schembri Gray reared her head as a budding poet with a penchant for the macabre. After finding a kinship in the rich verse of Sylvia Plath, Courtenay has amassed a grand amount of publishing credits. Her poetry collection, The Maggot on Maple Street, was published by Anxiety Press in 2023. Twitter: @courtenaywrites Website: www.courtenayscorner.com
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