She turns to her children
who lie silent-curled beside her,
their bodies bloated with
someone else’s shame.
‘My little ones,’ she says,
her lips as dry as crusts.
‘The clever people have
found water on Mars.’
© Fran Hill
Mars: Nasa images show signs of flowing water
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Fran lives in the West Midlands (UK). She teaches English in a local secondary school, writes, performs, blogs, tweets and tries to resist chocolate.
