around the moon
a rainbow ring
that Colgate smile
© Rachel Green December 2022
thirteen miles
cycled on a Raleigh 20
with my eight year-old legs
to Sally Shaw's birthday party.
I hadn't been invited
but I was in love with her
and watched the outdoor games
through a gap in the hawthorn hedge.
If only I'd mentioned my feelings
during the time in the sandpit.
I hadn't even been mean to her.
My memory of my first love
reduced to an Instamatic photo
of her playing the recorder
outside an historic building
on a field trip I don't remember.
© Rachel Green December 2022
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