Fiona Sinclair's first full collection Ladies who Lunch was published in 2014 by Lapwing Press, Belfast. She is the editor of the on-line poetry magazine Message in a Bottle.

Fiona Sinclair

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Locked out

Sometimes you are a sealed strong box with no spare key .
I strive to jemmy you with chisel questions-but scrap my skin,
struggle to unpick you with hair pin chatter -but prick my fingers,
smarting I watch TV , listen for your combination click, Can I get you anything?