Title: Sport 42: 2014

Editor: Fergus Barrowman

Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, 2014, Wellington

Part of: Sport

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Sport 42: 2014

Jo McNeice

page 208

Jo McNeice

That was just a dream

You were there trying to kiss
me with a mouth full of food.

I was wearing a dressing gown,
planting hellebores,

running away from paramedics,
pulling out an IV line.

And you were taking me apart
with your teeth, so white.

As the moon watched from above
I was gardening in the dark.

Scattering mustard seed
& lurking like a bumble bee

around a borage flower.
Watching like the kingfisher

waiting for the newt to rise.
You were the ladybird

flying back to your burning
house.

I think I set
this fire myself.

page 209

That Summer

What you notice most
about that summer
are the dandelions.

There are dandelions everywhere.
Outside the dental clinic,
lining the hills of Aro Valley
with tiny yellow bricks
millions of stars
in the emerald sky.