ballet shoes

Millicent Stott

Slip on the ballet shoes again.
your skin runs silken and satin,
pin the curls with
knitting needles,
chocolate box girl.
Ice cream cone, wafer-thin,
strawberry or mint choc chip?
Rum and raisin,
cold to the touch,
straight out the freezer.
Dollface, nihilist,
you are the words monks whisper, robes,
deep
deep blood orange bramble,
garden fresh
and earthy, moss-covered.

Blood moon starlet.
Birthday candle,
aluminum
gunshot girl,
sugar, American baby.
Valentine.
Slip on the ballet shoes again.

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Millicent Stott is a 19 year old Literature student from the North East of England. She loves cats and stargazing, and her work explores love, dreams and the natural world.

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