7th August 2019

overcast
the last of the poppy heads
open for business

© Rachel Green 2019

last bus from Reddtch
Tuesday night disco
where once again I failed to score
I know I like girls
but they don't like me
social pariah
and the night rolls past
lit momentarily by headlighs;
trees brushing the roof of the bus
until we pass the chippy
(closed at this time of night)
and prompting a stumble forward
to alight at the Red Lion
and the long walk home.
It was Edwin's bithday yesterday.
I wonder if he's still alive?
He was the person voted most likely
(to commit suicide)
in the class of '79

© Rachel Green 2019