she wears a paper hat . . .: a morning

flowers on my skirt and on my walk to my philosophy class.

pink nails and a blue blue sky.

plato in my head, laura marling in my ears, honey in my tea and spring in my morning.

my words are pink and they play the ukulele, softly . . .

My name is Kerri ní Dochartaigh.

I like the feeling that you get inside when you say the words kaleidoscope, encyclopedia and zenith.

I often want to run away with the circus (but one that has no animals). The reasons for this are as follows

-the colours, the fonts that they use in their posters and the fact I want to live in an old-fashioned

Gypsy caravan.

When I was small I used to write words down on paper aeroplanes and throw them at my Mamma.

I still write my words down but I am no longer any good at origami.

Thank-you for reading my letters.

she wears a paper hat . . .