Manuela Cardiga - Guilty Pleasures and Culinary Treasures

LITTLE MISS MISCHIEF

I miss
Mischief.

Fun with no malice
Though it might
Occasionally
Involve a mallet
On a toe,
Or a bucket
Of water
Tilting
For a soak…

I miss
Mischief

Childish thrift
Of hours of glee:
Sending someone
Bugs in their tea;
Or stinky sea-snails
Or slugs in a mug,
Or trapping
The neighbour’s
Precious Persian
In a smelly bin?

I miss
Mischief.

I miss
Feeling silly
And free.

I miss
Mischief.

I miss me.

MC