Monday 28 May 2018

28th May 2018

peony blossom
whipped by the wind
yesterday's sheets


© Rachel Green 2018

she sneaks past the house
low to the ground
using hedges as a cover
and pausing behind the rhododendron
just for a moment
peeking through the leaves
to check the coast is clear.
The a quick dash
running, running
through the vegetable garden
past the cabbages and the beans,
past the raspberries and the potatoes
to the gap in the hedge
where the holly crowded out the privet
and into the meadow
where the evening sun
sets over the witch's hat
and Stevie shares his cigarettes
for kisses under the chestnut tree


© Rachel Green 2018

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