The Box Room

Question 1

‘This room was always his-

Answer 1

When he comes home it’s here for him. Unless of course,’ she said, ‘He brings a Friend.’

Question 2

All night for a night or two.

Answer 2

Once or twice before he’s slept there. It’ll be fine I’m sure

Question 3

My weekend case

Answer 3

(Lightweight, glossy, made of synthetic miracle) and I are left alone in her pathetic shrine to your lost boyhood

Question 4

I laughed it off in self defence.

Answer 4

Who have came for a weekend to state my permanence

Question 5

Peace to unpack-but I found none

Answer 5

In this spare room which once contained you. (Dun-coloured walls, one small window which used to frame your old horizons)

Question 6

What can I blame for my unrest, insomnia?

Answer 6

Persistent fear elbows me, embedded deeply here in an outgrown bed

Question 7

Your bookshelves are crowded with previous prizes,

Answer 7

A selection of plots grown thin. Your egg collection shatters me

Question 8

You never wrecked a nest, you said)

Answer 8

Invited guests among abandoned objects, my position is precarious, closeted so…

Question 9

I shiver

Answer 9

Deposits the electric blanket

Question 10

First the welcoming.

Answer 10

Smiles all round. A space for handshakes. Then she put me in my place-(oh with concern for my comfort)