damp and dreary
against the broken window
my wet hair
© Rachel Green January 2023
a storage cupboard
in the dim space under the stairs;
abandoned sewing projects
skeins of wool and tins of buttons.
Assorted junk in the drawers:
treasures, to a child:
unlidded tins of old coins and keys
to locks long since abandoned;
military buttons, odd screws and washers
remnants of a past forgotten.
The dust of ages presided over by portraits
of grandparents never met.
© Rachel Green January 2023
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