MiguelCullen
a poem by
On Mummy Leaving to Buenos Aires in August
She wore a fox fur stole, eglantine with brilliantine
sick of furs
he went bald purée or was it mousse a vision of neonoir gamusa or velour
the skunk fur pales to white she went grey too that is to mean they still do not half
stink of skunk
while the Tosca opera or was it Elisa d’Amour or Lucia di Lammemoor
the spotted flycatcher is gnawing to Africa
do what you will I will go bald
die another way die another day go flocks of fox fur
eloquent fingers in red stole gloves in the soufflé air do not go.
Miguel
Cullen
(he/him)
Miguel Cullen is a British-Argentine poet and journalist. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. Cullen grew up travelling from Buenos Aires, the vast expanse of the Pampas, to south-west London and back again. He has published three collections of poetry.