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ISSUE NO. 5

AUGUST 2024

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Poetry

Last Letter

Anonymous

The author writes from a Victorian prison. This is the last page of an actual letter they wrote to their spouse.

'Escaping Cloth' by Allan, 2000, 85cm x 108cm (LBCC.BGG) (Boomgate Gallery)

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I'm going to need a shower,

when I get out-

wash this prison off me.

Help me with this, come inside the water with me.

Wash the stink of green off my chest,

my back,

my mind.

Wash this filthy, miserable place

off me for the last time.

Make me clean.

Wipe the slate,

turn the page,

come into my arms and promise

me everything will be ok this time.

Promise me the world-

give me you.

That's all I want,

that's all I ask.

Clean me of this damaged life

and make it right.

And I swear I will do whatever it takes to be a better man.

I swear it.

I'm going to need a shower,

when I get out-

wash this prison off me.

Help me with this, come inside the water with me.

Wash the stink of green off my chest,

my back,

my mind.

Wash this filthy, miserable place

off me for the last time.

Make me clean.

Wipe the slate,

turn the page,

come into my arms and promise

me everything will be ok this time.

Promise me the world-

give me you.

That's all I want,

that's all I ask.

Clean me of this damaged life

and make it right.

And I swear I will do whatever it takes to be a better man.

I swear it.

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