three forty-year old boys
swearing at JJ and I in the car.
They're outnumbered.
© Rachel Green April 2025
V.II
Next to an electric kettle muchly furred
with calcium deposits from the water here
is a jar of copper change, deferred
from the making holes in pockets fear
enough in here to make a pound or two
to buy tobacco and some rolling papers
if she can find a shopkeeper to woo
and be subject to her pay-with-pennies capers.
She adds it to the bag, which makes it heavy
and in danger of the plastic handles ripping
she scoops an arm beneath to keep it steady;
sets it on the counter, stops it tipping.
© Rachel Green April 2025
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