summer heat
brings an Amber death warning
Lion's mane mushrooms
© Rachel Green June 2024
every morning
was an alarm of coughing
until he'd had his first cigarette.
Frying bacon
in a pan that was never washed;
a pease pudding of old fat
melted and hardened saily
and a pint of sweet tea
from the pot on the back of the Aga.
Terry Wogan on the radio
because that's what Mum listened to,
perched on a stool in the kitchen,
the back door open whatever the weather;
his undershirt showing grey chest hair
and his braces looped down over his grey work trousers;
greeting the day with an unshaven scowl
and a big smile for his beloved dogs.
© Rachel Green June 2024
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