in a brief respite from rain
white-tailed bumblebees
© Rachel Green 2019
more rain
Remember the rndless summers
of the seventies?
Walking home from school
in time to buy a Count Dracula lolly
from the ice-cream van on Callow Hill Road;
Mrs Morriss' farm
(now a housing estate)
and the scent of Mum's roses
by the garden gate?
The thrum of Dad's BSA
that sent Shane the dog
running to greet him from work
and the great calico coat he wore
to cut the hawthorn hedge around the orchard.
Baked treats on Fridays
fish and chips
because Mum was Catholic
and picking raspberries
fron the garden.
© Rachel Green 2019
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