26th August 2018

morning rain
dripping from ripening apples
distant thunder

© Rachel Green 2018
A friend
talks about a school reunion
the people she still knows
or can find on Facebook.
None of my classmates
can be found by Google
though most were bullies or,
like me, recipients of bullying.
Am I the only one of my class
to be computer literate?
Or am I the only one who survived?
Even my fellow artists
from the studio in Wolverhampton
are long dead, or offline,
even the ones I loved
(especially the ones I loved)
would rather leave me be.

© Rachel Green 2018