freezing blackberries
harvested in sunshine
children's smiles
© Rachel Green August 2024
Siobhan's dad was a good man;
Catholic in heart and soul
and never did anyone any harm
unless they had it coming.
He went to church every Sunday and Saint's day
confessed his sins in the confessional
did his penance weekly
and never gave the Proddy bastards an inch.
He got last rights before he died
in bed with his wife and kids around him
and had the best funeral money could buy.
In the resurrection he was one of the first;
broken free of his steel casket by Jesus himself;
scared his missus to an early grave
when the embalming fluid leaked
from the autopsy scars on his chest.
The Meek will inherit the earth
but the embalmed can't drive for shit.
© Rachel Green August 2024
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