clear sky
over bone-aching cold
nesting magpie
© Rachel Green December 2022
rail strike, postal strike
health service strike tomorrow
inflation at ten point seven percent
No word from the government
about the state of the economy.
Poor people should have four to six months
of savings, they say, but banks
get bailouts despite record profits.
The price of butter has doubled
and eggs are rationed to six per customer.
Mum's tears when she lost her purse
on the way to Barnt Green.
© Rachel Green December 2022
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