Portrait Of A Mother With Hairclips (27th November 2024)
Nineteen clips pushed in,
Pushed up, pushed back
Attempting to contain the baby hairs
Which appeared long before the babies
Smoothed down, tucked back
Towards the messy Mum bun
Which existed before motherhood
The nervous gnawing of nails
And biting of fingers until bruised
In proximity to the photo
Missiles of men on the mind.