By Eva Woolven
i have a cervix i live in a sugar town my name is “baby” i sit on walls and i drink cups of coffee in dirty mugs i have a dishwasher i have salt-suds on my teeth everything in sugar town is kept clean i have a cervix i live in sugar town my name is “baby” everything in sugar town is bone-deep i have a hammer i keep on hitting myself in the knee i have a telephone the wires hurt my head i don’t know how to kiss i sit on walls i have integrity i have meaning i have car-wash i have school-run lift-off i have humour i go up the junction every day i have a cervix i live in sugar town they call me “baby” i have the ruffles i have the babies i have the basics
Eva Woolven is a student writer from South West England. She was one of 2023’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year and has been published on the YPN website. She is currently working on a collection.
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