29th September 2022

 

blue sky sunshine

early walking with the dogs

yew berries

© Rachel Green September 2022

My cousin called his son Damien

after the titular antihero

of a horror-movie sequel

and true to form

my cousin became a heroin addict

separated from his wife,

died of an overdose.

I've no idea what happened to the son

and that was thirty years ago.

© Rachel Green September 2022