By Karina Bush
I’m running away
I tremble
Squeal and squirm
Like a little pig
Getting caught
By the farmhand
A young man
Ten times my strength
A young man
In the prime of his youth
A young man
With a firm hand
Doing the things
The old farmer can’t
*Art work provided by Karina Bush
Karina Bush is an Irish writer and visual poet, born in Belfast and now living in Rome. She is the author of three books, ‘BRAIN LACE’ (BareBackPress, 2018), ‘50 EURO’ (BareBackPress, 2017), and ‘MAIDEN’ (48th Street Press, 2016). She is currently finishing up a collection of stories set in Belfast, a story from this collection was recently published by Akashic Books. For more visit her website karinabush.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karinabushxx/.
