Limbo
Liminal, lost
Limb lopped.
Late nights in bars and on night buses.
Last trains to home departing on lonely platforms.
Lamps lit,
Licked by cold.
Long Street, liquor,
Losing sense of sense and sensory,
Lacklustre lust.
Lists of the pros and cons.
Listless longing.
Love?
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Post image by Silvia Sala via Flickr.
About the Author:
Jen Thorpe is a feminist writer and researcher from Cape Town, South Africa. She is a passionate advocate for women’s rights and has worked in this field for six years. She has an MA in Politics from Rhodes University, and recently completed her first novel ‘The Peculiars’ through the UCT Creative Writing Masters Programme. Look for it in stores soon.
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