By Ana Hine
Image credit, Toa Heftiba via Unsplash
She wants to be a chef
Cutting carrots in my kitchen
Whisking saffron into garlic mayonnaise
As the chicken roasts in the oven
And I see the both of us
Laughing, cooking, a few months from now
Applying what she’s learnt
Eating well
Ana Hine
Ana Hine writes about mental health, sexuality, and activism. Her work has been published in ‘Naked Among Thistles: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Related Identities and Mental Wellbeing’ edited by Katherine McMahon & Alison Wren, and in various zines.
She was also shortlisted for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2018 Writing Awards for her poem ‘I Never Promised You A Rose Garden’. She likes Earl Grey tea and second-hand books. You can subscribe to her feminist arts zine Artificial Womb on Patreon at www.patreon.com/artificialwomb
