Live Session 20th July ~ Grrrrrrrout!

Inspiration for today's session came from a predictive text error Lou had, get out being changed to grout. How appropriate - getting out but somehow still holding the tiles together. Our writing prompt was taken from neil Astley's second anthology, Being Alive, which all too pertinently follows Staying Alive. And this is where we find ourselves, needing to be alive now we've stayed alive... but we really need to grrrout!

Great conversations were had as always, one topic been the difficulty for deaf people that face masks present - several of us have realised that most of us use a measure of lip reading to follow conversation. Lou has discovered these SMILE MASKS that are very much in demand.

grout

by Kay Ritchie

grrrrr!

gir outta ma way

gir outta ma face

gir out’n’about

gir outta the house

 

stay alive   be alive

but stay away from me

keep your distance

your 2 metres

stop sneaking up

scudding past

making me

nervy   tetchy   jittery  

‘cause I’ve been

wrapped up like a parcel &

don’t feel ready to

peel off the paper   undo the knots

I’ve been curled & coiled & cloaked &

don’t want to be unbuttoned or

tangled in your hair

I’m feeling feral   ferocious  

so beware

grrrrr!

gir outta ma way

ok?