Marry Your Chameleon

By Lauren K Nixon

A collection of poetry and haiku charting the long months of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A lockdown diary, of a sort, by somebody who is nobody in particular.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Mysterium
• Release date: Aug 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005479114

Lauren K Nixon

An ex-archaeologist enjoying life in the slow-lane, Lauren K. Nixon is an indie author fascinated by everyday magic.She is the author of numerous short stories and the Chambers Magic series. She also curates the fabulous Short Story Superstars, a vibrant community of writers, whose anthology is now available!Having studied Archaeological Sciences at Bradford University - a truly global subject - Lauren went on to discover that what everyone always told her about there being no jobs in archaeology was quite true. Happily, there are many things to keep her occupied, and when she's not writing she can be found gardening, singing, reading, playing the fool and playing board games.

Book preview

The rain didn’t come.

This is how it started here:

Parched grass, no relief.

before

this is how it begins

or how it begins for me

with a haircut

i was nervous on the bus

already there was that sense of

something sinister crowding in

something murky something big

dark bruised clouds on the horizon

gathering on the edges of the valley

making us feel small

i’d postponed plans to visit Mum

we both agreed three trains

were too many too big a risk.

i worried over Niall’s show

and where he worked

but he’s stubborn

and thinks me over-cautious

none of us really understood

the tide that was coming

to overcome us not then

i sat in a café in that day

more aware than I have ever