Carla Connor from Corry 20.12.2011.

Carla Connor from Corry.


The twin-exhaust purr of her voice,

sleek, mature, Mancunian.

The sight of that big bunch of

car keys, that curtain of

dark hair swished in her wake,

after the black belted mac,

after the fact.

The double-locked flat door,

the intercom, the glugged

half-pint glass of red.

Everything smouldering.



'Not in the foreseeable'

she announces.

'Not this side of next week'

or 'I'll take that as a yes, then.'