Aunt julia

• she wore mens boots when she wore any
• by the time i learned a little she lay silenced
• i could not answer her - i could not understand her
• she spoke very loud and very fast
• getting angry getting angry
• hers was the only house where ive lain at night in a box bed
• she lay silenced in the absolute black
• she was brown eggs, black skirts
• she was winds pouring wetly
• she was buckets, and water flouncing into them
• a seagulls voice
• so many questions left unanswered