Poems Niederngasse
Jill Chan
You Left

My mind is a flock
of sparrows
scattering
at the sound
of a gunshot.

I forget I have two hands,

two eyes
a mouth
ears.

Feet 
afraid of
walking.
 
Jill Chan:  "I was born and educated in Manila, Philippines. I migrated to New Zealand in 1994 and started writing poems a year later. I have poems
published both online and off-line including Poetry New Zealand, Spin
(NZ), Panorama (Philippines), Southern Ocean Review, Trout, and Apples
and Oranges."
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