Poetry by Sarah L Dixon

                           Ryan CC



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Your hair is purple
to distract from the fact
that your eyes
are not quite right.
 
I can’t tell you why.
Maybe they’re too central.
Like when a face is mirrored
and the twinness doesn’t work.
 
Your hair is purple
to distract from the fact
that you don’t know
how to show emotion.
 
If you attempted
a fist bump of joy
or a yowl of despair
I might just break.
 
Your hair is purple
to distract from the fact
you will never be a real human.
You will never touch the sea.
 
You will never know
the balm of woods
and the rush of meeting
after so long apart.
 
Your hair is purple
to distract from the facts.

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Sarah L Dixon is based in Huddersfield. She had recent acceptances for Bloody Amazing and Mancunian Ways. Her books are ‘The sky is cracked’ (Half Moon Press, 2017) and ‘Adding wax patterns to Wednesday’ (Three Drops Press, 2018). Sarah’s inspiration comes from ale, being by/in water and adventures with her son, Frank (10). www.thequietcompere.co.uk