limned with summer sun
cold morning
© Rachel Green 2018
5:30 AM
woken by a dog barking
through the open window.
Comforting, almost,
a childhood spent in the country
where foxes and badgers
would wander through the garden
and owls would call
from the tree outside my bedroom
and my father's angry "put that light out"
ere the electricity bill rose too high.
Only afterwards
did I recognise the bark
and realise it was my dog
barking at the dog star
and feeling very pleased with himself
© Rachel Green 2018
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