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Testament, Volume 2:

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Introduction

Contents Testament Jemma Gillespie Testimony Jemma Gillespie Special thanks Testament Jemma Gillespie

Poetry

Chasing the Sun Jemma Gillespie Growth Jemma Gillespie S1C3R1A1B3B3L1E1 Jemma Gillespie The Transient Star Jemma Gillespie Roses from Evron Jemma Gillespie Bricolage for Rejects Jemma Gillespie Kpetekple Jemma Gillespie What’s hidden in the dark Jemma Gillespie Stolen Creativity Jemma Gillespie The March of the Little Straw Dolls Jemma Gillespie Unbreakable Jemma Gillespie My World is Flat Jemma Gillespie Embraced Jemma Gillespie Medusa Jemma Gillespie The Power to Destroy Me Jemma Gillespie Maize in the Harmattan Jemma Gillespie

Short-story

An Insight into the Dressmaker Jemma Gillespie The Lighthouse Jemma Gillespie An Open Letter to Booklovers Jemma Gillespie

Script

The Deadly Ham Jemma Gillespie

Growth

Jemma Gillespie

I can’t get my knife through this ivy,
climbing onto my roof,
I’ve hacked at their slender bodies for days.
Bowing to the sun,
they sacrifice bricks from my house
to look so green.

I envy their shadows,
for they have sprouted in my room.

you are outside,
you are inside,

sleep against my cheek,
watch me dress, and undress.

Because I can’t get my knife through this ivy,
climbing into my roof,
I’ve hacked at their slender bodies for weeks.

Now reaching their leafy arms
up to the stars
to bathe their aching limbs.

I feel the weight of my axe
against my palm,
and hear the silence of their leaves.

But I cannot pick
the black night from the black stems
to aim.

Rest is hard to find
in this darkness
aching against my limbs.

I turn my axe to the moon.

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Testament, Volume 2:

Testament is the second stand-alone anthology produced entirely by the Ta Voix team of aspiring professionals, which now stands at around 300 contributors from around the world.

This work is a testament to the skill and passion of the team, and of their voluntary commitment during one of the most difficult times through which many of us have ever lived.

First published by Ta Voix 2020

Copyright retained by the individual authors. Ta Voix has been granted the non-exclusive right to exhibit these works. No part of this anthology may be reproduced without prior written permission of the individual copyright owners, except for the use of cited quotation.

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