solar fountain
only works a noontime
meditation postponed
© Rachel Green April 2026
The Lady at Ninety-Six
older than God but still sprightly
she spots me walking past
from behind her net curtains
rushes out to catch me mid-stride
with an apple tree I've just bought.
"Is that a marijuana plants?" she asks
and I laugh and tell her truths
but it was just a conversation starter
because what she wants to tell me is about the house
two doors down from the corner shop
whom the police raided last week
and arrested everyone for possession
crates of heroin and cocaine
and their garden backs onto hers:
that's why the door is boarded up.
Actually, it happened weeks ago
on a Wednesday as I walked the dogs
and noticed one of the police vans
kitted out inside like a coffee lounge.
© Rachel Green April 2026
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