6th August 2019

overcast, windy
my mother's 1976 diary entry
applies today

© Rachel Green 2019

A smile
"look at you"
implying I look fitter, leaner.
We both know it's a lie,
but I thank her anyway.
What else can she do?
She can't say 'you look fatter'
and stick to her self-imposed regime
of encouraging voices
but she means well
and the smile is genuine
so I smile back.
That's all you can do, really,
be nice and mean well
and smile
and the world is brighter for it..
No mean tweets here,
just live-and-let-live
and the the skeletons of whales
be what they will.

© Rachel Green 2019