Alice Allan
From Sylvia Plath’s ‘Stings’
a third person is watching
a third
a personpersonpersonperson
a personapersonapersonaperson
a personapersonson
a sonsonsonson
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Alice Allan is an Australian freelance writer and editor with work published in journals such as Australian Book Review, Westerly, Cordite and Rabbit. She is an associate editor at Verity La and publishes a podcast at poetrysays.com.