28th October 2019

first frost
a touch of beauty in Chesterfield
surviving nasturtium

© Rachel Green 2019

Guilt and Regret
5.
Post-student years
meeting a married woman
for a Guinness in their local.
Cafe Creme cigars
and bottles of black beer
in the lounge of the Paget Arms.
Art, Passion and the State of the the Union
in Thatcher's Britain
as we witnessed the rise of the Right
and the implementation of Clause 28.
Dave's accident left him damaged;
different in the head
with his chainsaw-stitching
etched into his shaven skull
and their marriage was failing.
A brief affair - never consumated
but for snogging in the dooway;
the scent of smoky breath
and Barley Wine
under the yellow streetlights
of Wolverhampton.