revelling in the early sunshinedecorated pumpkins
© Rachel Green 2019
Guilt and Regret
8.
Bonfire night
and the new-build houses next door
gave me access to copper pipe
and gunpowder.
The use of a drill
and a hammer and anvil
enabled a crude reproduction
of a civil-war cannon
with a steel ballbearing
fired a hundred yards
and buried an inch deep
in the wooden post
two inches from my father's head.
Aren't you glad I studied physics?
© Rachel Green 2019
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