Georgina Titmus

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they made me wade. 

the fingering weed. the goosefleshing badass 

sludge. 

worser-than-spider-worser-than-worm-worser 

than the thing that plucks 

my duvet, 

as i lie 

in-terror waiting. worser—than school. 

sink-sucking 

sediment. 

glass-slippery-toes-pumpkin-ooze. they made 

me pay— 

        at midnight. 

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Georgina Titmus is a 60-something Cornwall poet and carer. Her work has appeared in South, The Journal, The Frogmore Papers, Fenland Poetry Journal, Orbis, The Moth and others. She has twice been shortlisted in the Bridport Prize.