nan was gone
bickering with granddad
in
the
sky somewhere
her house was empty
like
a
museum is empty
someone had thrown egg
on the bay window
i chipped it off with a kitchen knife
and
when
we
tore up the carpets
the
underlay was fine grey dust
and
the
junkies paradise
in
the bathroom cabinet
had
been sanitised
before
i
got
there
