frozen pavements
beyond the birch tree
preening blackbird
© Rachel Green December 2022
when you didn't get the money we sent
I felt personally responsible
despite it not coming from me.
I felt responsible, as if
I was deliberately withholding your pay.
It had left our account
but not arrived in yours
and all the texts you sent,
and the phone calls you made
gave me the feeling of a fraud
like that time a shopkeeper
accused me of stealing a chocolate bar
and I honestly hadn't
but I felt guilty anyway.
© Rachel Green December 2022
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