morning sunburning away the frost
the heat of dog's paws
© Rachel Green 2019
it took a while
kicking through leaves
trying to recognise a particular tree
after ten years of growth
in a chunk of forest next to the A6134
but she found it
more by luck than judgement
and the skin of a grazed knee.
Shifting stones
while her partner reels off facts
about stages of decomposition
he learned from watching CSI
and Silent Witness.
And in the end he might be right:
there's nothing left there at all
not even bones or skin
but there's still a chance
the body
was resurrected
after all.
© Rachel Green 2019
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