the scent of wild fungi
and sadness
© Rachel Green 2019
Guilt and Regret
2.
I stole three toy cars
from the front lawn of a friend.
I was seven or eight --
old enough to know it was theft
but too stupid to think I wouldn't be caught.
I repainted one with Airfix enamel
a bright orange I bought for thruppence
at a pre-decimal ironmongere
opposite the Red Lion on Birmingham Road.
The original owner
told me he'd watched me steal them;
requested their return
and bullied me for years afterwards.
I'm sure I deserved it,
and I've hated orange cars ever since.
© Rachel Green 2019
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