Bio
Gareth lives in Wales. He had his first collection published, The Miner, by FutureCycle in 2018. He is currently doing an MFA in Creative Writing at Manchester Met. He has been nominated for Best of the Net. gcwculshaw.moonfruit.com
Gareth Culshaw
The Odd Couple
His dough chin hung words that meant nothing to his wife.
His eyes became lazy and were not known to speak
to her anymore. The belt around his trousers sneaked
to a new hole every so many years. The fattening fingers
struggled to grip his life, and things slipped from him.
She carried on with the usual, her facial skin walrus-like.
While her feet swelled up like full bladders. She carried
a bag of shopping in each hand let her shoulders mould
into her back. Her shadow resembled a bison. They hadn't
known each other for years, passed snores during the night.