Annabelle Carvell graduated with a First Class BA (Hons) degree in English and Creative Writing. She is the co-editor of 'Synaesthesia Magazine', and works as a product editor for children's collectibles.
Smooth bumps and tough skin -
green island in clouded pink.
Turn and twist the plastic stick
to stir the blocks of ice -
a tempest in a tiny sea
of Grapefruit and Tequila.
Brassy bitter.
Sickly sweet.
Ethel.
Ethel