Isabella Waldron

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white walls, white walls
i want to rub my hands in ash
watch them whisper on the white walls

i begin to hate my pink Mary-Janes
tongueless, they gape at me
grotesque against beige carpet, white walls

my father asks what i want to do
the weekend is ours, but it is all white walls

i tell him i need new shoes
so that he will matter again

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Isabella Waldron is an American-British writer. Her play how to build a wax figure (Assembly/November Theatre) premiered at Edinburgh Fringe to critical acclaim. Plays Jawbone, Things I Never Told The Stars and Chatter were selected as semi-finalists for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and Bay Area Playwrights’ Festival. Her poetry has been featured in Chewboy and won the Ruth George Poetry Award.