boo

butterflies
removed by law
no discernible form
the empty house
on the first floor
these thirteen years
following
but not convinced
mere spectres
laughing at your fate
places where you’ve left
a history you can’t keep

‘I Know That Now But I Didn’t Know That Then‘ by Paul Busst is a collection of tales of the diminutive published by Phantom Page and is available in paperback.