heavy cloud
the sun behind them
hazy shadows
© Rachel Green February 2025
III.III
Following the trail across the plateau,
she looks down to the street so far below
expecting to see someone mashed like gateaux;
an abstract done in crimson on the snow.
The scene below her, as her stomach lurches
from an unexpected source: l'appel du vide;
the service road as pristine as the churches
in the books she once was made to read.
A giant pile of snowy bags of rubbish;
no inspiration that her mind can suit;
no sign of sudden end to someone's anguish
just a bin outside the rubbish chute
© Rachel Green February 2025