wind and rain
dressed in heavy coats
schoolchildren
© Rachel Green September 2023
I dream of my father
renovating my abandoned greenhouse;
fixing all the water lines to the ponds and streams
while my mother weaves flower stalks
in the darkness of the garden shed.
In his garden
the plum trees are barren,
the hedges patchy; the fencing torn away.
His dogs are long dead
and the compost heap has been bulldozed.
© Rachel Green September 2023
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