sometimes, I sit in the shower, knees in a crease; the water, relentless, raining on the nape of my neck, finding its way around my body like a first lover – the droplets cling to eyelashes like a prayer clings to Christ – tears Insanity /ɪnˈsanəti/ Noun. the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness staring at white tiles, the light, face evasive, a bluebottle against glass I leave the shower, wandering to a bed like Joaquin Phoenix in the climax of You Were Never Really Here (2017) About the author:
H. K. G. Lowery is a writer & musician from Gateshead. He gained a Distinction in his Masters in Creative Writing from Graduate College, Lancaster University. The department of English Literature & Creative Writing awarded him with the 2021/2022 Portfolio Prize for his work which received the highest mark in the faculty. Lowery has recently been published in Poetry Salzburg, Errant and The Ofi Press.
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