storm Isha
kicking over dustbins
angry teens
© Rachel Green January 2024
was it being a teacher
which made her so dislikeable?
As a small child I got on with her well
but her marriage to her tosspot husband
tipped her into shrill colonialism
and a self-righteous frenzy
that poured hatred on our father
and a desperate need for money
that discluded any civility.
Maybe the brain cancer
was a gift from her loving God
but she shouldn't get to give me nightmares
thirty years later.
© Rachel Green January 2024
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