Roxanna Bennett | PETITE SPHINXES ERMITE

PETITE SPHINXES ERMITE …….At the Tate, (Modern not Britain), Leonor Finiā€™s Petite sphinx ermite answers all …….my unborn riddles: broken eggshells, birdā€™s skull, ā€œa pretty pinkā€ human lung …….swings ā€œat the entrance of its dilapidated lairā€ as though through years she viewed …….me, remotely, lying here stillborn, slugging masticated slurry through a silicone straw. …….One […]

Roxanna Bennett | SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT

  SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT ………. You were taught itā€™s cruel to keep a sick pet …. suffering but people, …. O people should …. pull themselves up, …. always up, …. by their bootstraps. Who can afford boots? Who has feet? What straps ………. hold up the steeples, skyscrapers, supermarkets, schools? ā€œItā€™s not far, […]