among the stalks of seeding grass
poisonous ragwort
© Rachel Green 2018
She didn't want it,
this burden, this problem,
but if there's no one else willing,
what else can she do?
One sister lives miles away
the other wants nothing to do with it
and their father needs constant care.
So she rolls up her sleeves
and cleans the shit from the floors, the walls;
he can't help it
he has no control anymore
but he tries to reach the bathroom.
one sister visits at weekends; tries to help;
the other makes lists
of what she wants when he dies
tries to squeeze out an extra grand
by claiming their mother's jewellry
before he dies.
© Rachel Green 2018
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