shade
under the lilac tree
bread-eating pigeons
© Rachel Green May 2021
do that thing
you used to do
that I loved and hated at the same time,
holding my wrist and ankle
and spinning round until you were dizzy
or tired of my screaming.
"They like it," you said,
when Mum scolded you,
and I think it might be
what made me so cruel.
© Rachel Green May 2021
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