(published August 2017)
Sweeping in, with a fur coat
Cigarette holder in hand
“That’s my daughter, don’t you know?
Isn’t she grand?”
“Oh dahling the crowd is mad
For her. I raised her you know.”
Casually chattering to a stranger
Who wants to go home.
But tobacco makes you choke
And fur makes you cry
So I am quite glad that you
Don’t have those things tonight.
You come and cheer at all
My gigs, however small.
You’ve no idea how happy I am
That you’ve come along.
Jen Hughes is a young writer from Ayrshire, Scotland who has been furiously scribbling stories and world building since she was first writing sentences. She is a regular contributor to Outlet Publishing‘s ‘Diary of a Young Writer’ blog, and is studying English Literature and Film & TV Studies. She’s also been published in various online magazines, such as The Oletangy Review, The McStorytellers, Paragraph Planet and Pulp Metal Magazine. If you liked “Showbiz Mother” and “Philosophy”, you can find her up-to-date portfolio of poetry and short fiction on dearoctopuswriting.wordpress.com, follow her on Twitter (@dearoctopus4), give her a like on Facebook (Dear octopus writing) or follow her Tumblr blog (dearoctopuswriting.tumblr.com)