russet apples
a taste of childhood
dad's old tree
© Rachel Green December 2025
On An Influential Childhood Friend
Didst thou get into mischief as a child;
or wert thou already rotten to the core?
parental blame was shared while thou ran wild
and stole what was not nailed down before.
Thy father died whilst thou wert still unweaned
thy mother older than the matron's pack
But what little of thy history was gleaned
had naught to do with empathy thou lack.
Thy mother's house a treasure trove of yore
filled with junk gleaned from the town without
and glittered well with trinkets from the store
that “fell” into thy pockets without doubt.
The local bobby knew thy talent deft
recovered from thy garage all thy theft.
© Rachel Green December 2025
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