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Headstands (2)

I did it. I got myself up there on my head and on my own. I’d refused his help. And then thought I would just put myself in position and see what happened. And I did it. It was lovely. Perhaps it may be tricky to do it again. But at least I now know that it can be done. It’s been 8 weeks since I fell. What a time it takes to recover. And do we ever really fully do so?

Rows of fluffy clouds blanket the sky. Is it a mackerel sky? he asked.

I woke from several dreams. In one a woman told me of a top flat that was available to rent. It would be too small for the two of us but she told me of it anyway. It was part of a main house and you had to pass through their living quarters to get to it. You have to go through a picture frame, she said.

In another dream a disembodied voice told me to ‘listen’. To what? I asked when I woke.

By Ellen Bell

Artist and writer currently living in Aberystwyth.