Author’s Note It would be fitting to consider staying silent. Like bronze figures or stone under moss. With an undisclosed plaster hush, my mum was gay on the quiet. To get it out right I convey the shame when I overheard my best friend say, They’re lesbians but they're alright. So I cast mum and Jules in London Pride, civic and in solid. About the lines, clay and scale maquettes I plagiarise and stoop to plinths. Feel what meanings fit. Cai Draper This poem is from a longer sequence of poems called London Pride, based on works of public sculpture along the Thames. Cai Draper is a poet from south London, based in Norwich. His work has been published by Burning House Press, Poetical, DRAFT London, Salo Press & Eggbox. He has an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from UEA. @DraperCai
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