SURVIVAL: 104 Pairs of Shoes* by Val Pedrick

Aberdeen

in the beginning, ‘faults’ were blamed

 

then, a pattern emerged;

 

weekends, holidays, a full moon

 

‘Vesuvius’, dormant

 

repined

 

ERUPTED!

 

 spewing debris

 

magma smothered comprehension

 

flames destroyed desire

 

ash smothered love

 

desolation

 

death 

* Exhibition of ‘104 pairs of shoes’ at Aberdeen Arts Centre,

6-30^th September 2003 to highlight domestic abuse