Thursday 3 January 2019

Grounded

I am worried my grandmother doesn’t sit
And she is afraid to,
After all these years
Of having been kept on her toes,
Waiting on others hand and foot . . .
She says she’d no longer be able to stand
If she sits down now.
If I sit
I shall remain sitting.
First published in Singapore Unbound, 30 Dec 2018.


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