Swizzle Stick

A Range of Materials

Corduroy
passed out at the party on a pile
of jackets, awoke with a corduroy-
crumpled face

Cotton
three sheets to the wind on my line
our bedding billows like sails
of washed white cotton

Silk
screen clean but with chaos discoloured
ancient traces of past inks & prints
through my hardy square of silk

Polyester
vintage shirt lush with green paisley
shines with a patina of chemicals
purely polyester

Denim
blue jeans aren't blue they're default
& go with everything
except more denim

Taffeta
I loved a posed doll, big eyes in a delicate
hand-painted face, her gown a mauve dazzle
of taffeta, water-shot

Wool
winding lovingly warmly round my neck
pinned in place with fake jewels
shaggy sheepish wool