Blue Eyeshadow

This cento is based on Lily Brett's 5th collection of poetry
In Her Strapless Dresses and Mud In My Tears
RWP Mini Challenge#3

Blue Eyeshadow

In Carlton
where I grew
up

the streets
were full
of Italians

each Saturday
we went
to the Victoria market

I feel
so old
and big

to be
crying
for my mother

I should
have felt
this

when
she was
alive

Cabarets
were her favourite
places

she was
beautiful
and so seductive

she mascara'd
her eyes
and painted her lips

awash
in a wild scent
she went out

all the men
danced
with her

and
my father
danced

with
the wives
who were left behind