Sylvie Hill

“The Aztecs had a saying: ‘The earth is slippery, slick,’ which was as common to them as a contemporary aphorism such as ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ is to us. What they meant is that the Earth is a place where humans are prone to error, where our plans are likely to […]

Despite the Last Nights The wet hairy man smell Especially if you didn’t wash your hair But wet, thick Egyptian curls like Maori dreads Lengthened down your neck And by god we’d be brain dead After we’d have quick sex! Slipping in an orgasm Before Sunday dinner with your relatives! Your Dad would greet us […]

Exacting, Exactly. There’s a man who’s got busy on your island. And, you met him and he said you said of me “I knew a girl from Canada once, she was crazy!” But he took a sip of his drink, knew you’d say this of all women who expose you, you’re atrocious. And you know […]

Happy New Year, thoroughly unMused. Well, it is the first day of the first month Of the year two thousand seventeen. And what became of us in years We are forgetting with age, so easily. But we feel our skin wilt, wrinkles wiggle And the skin sags and jiggles. And I smile that my form […]

MIND YOUR MIND: WE KNOW NOTHING BUT EVERYTHING? So, the really seemingly-bossy mother who’s juggling a couple of kids and one with a disability, we distance ourself from her in fear that her bitchiness will sting us. We cringe at her relentless commandeering, thinking of her husband saying, “good god, I wouldn’t want to be […]

I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO A WOMAN’S RETREAT I get it. I truly now get it. With my very own fibroid, maybe likely due to the fact that I haven’t had children and my body produces too much estrogen that leads to menstrual migraines – what fun – and the perimenopausal roller-coaster bullshit […]

THIS PICTURE SCARES ME I will ask you why this picture is so scary. And only few if any will say what I’m thinking. Some may say, “she may fall and hurt herself!” Others, darker, “do you think she’ll get raped??” Oh, our adult brains and scenarios we make. This picture scares me! Because she […]

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. Something got me thinking. The one time I’ve been burned by a guy who left me to deal with the trauma, was a situation where the chap self-identified as being a bit of a dick even while he was simultaneously totally helpful and pivotal in my life. “I’m a […]

Verge Vanguard! Wow, I had hardly got to King’s Cross, brought my suitcases and stuff back to the Jesmond Laid down on the skinny bed, rested Before heading down to Brick Lane to meet someone. But it wasn’t my fault she was hung He was prepping for a show and the other couldn’t go. You […]

Thank You, I’m Free Now. They say that there are some things For which we’ll never know the answer. To give up on the search for the meaning And to accept the situation as absurd. I am no longer the London fish tank. And no longer a dead fish going with the flow. Out of […]