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there I was

daydreaming

floating high above the world

but then suddenly

I grew troubled

for I saw a young woman

a girl with red hair and a blue dress

running scared

running through the woods

by a river bank

peering out from behind a tree

haunted by a house that was not a home

a big grey house in the woods

and I wanted to take this girl’s hand and say

“don’t be afraid

there’s no need to run

there’s no need to hide

there’s no need to be afraid

come let me introduce you to some other friends

who know the secret of making a house a home

there’s no need to feel alone”

and there we would all be

sipping tea and nibbling on cupcakes

the girl with red hair and a blue dress

and all these exotic erotic women

and me

in the abode of the blessed

and then I would take two of them by the hand

and I would say

Cathy and Jennifer

you are wonderful

for tonight – for us-

you have given back to the world

through your work

a portion of its lost heart

(c)Gary Jermyn 5 August 2010

first read at Airfield House on Thursday 5 August 2010

at ABODE

an exhibition of new work by

Jennifer Cunningham and Cathy Hayes