Kelly-Anne came back with Helena
and made them a nest in the room that was mine.
I have to confess something, I told her a few days later.
She threw a rattle at me
when I explained
what was what.
We’re squatters! she shouted.
We hide in the shed
the day Marla comes home,
the three of us like fugitives,
until we are sure Peggy and Donal have gone
and Marla is alone again.