shed repair
despite sourcing free wood
expenses spiral
© Rachel Green August 2025
They smiled at passers-by, this walking pair
out for an evening stroll on Yorkshire's coast
seemingly in love, without a care
hand-in-hand 'neath Stoker's Abbey ghost.
In view of walkers, at clifftop's limestone lace
they turn and face the fast-approaching tide
still holding hands take one final pace
and step into Eternity's abide.
Coastguards scramble with their rescue kits
to scrape the corpses from the rocks below
for the tide is throwing salt upon their lips
and will drag the pair away if they're too slow.
As yet un-named, this pair of retirees
left nothing to shed light on their decease.
© Rachel Green August 2025
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