aborted due to downpour
barking dog
© Rachel Green September 2025
My mum believed in a Catholic God
and did her best to nurture such belief
into her children, though one, the little sod
she called (me) made her sick to her back teeth
For unlike her other girls this was a wayward child
despised by all the other local kids
remained alone and running free and wild
and roaming miles to cause mischief amidst
the unsuspecting adults of the nearby towns
be selling favours of the sinful kind
and stealing from department stores the gowns
and trinkets tempting an enquiring mind.
And in despair, when brought home by police again
enrolled them in a Catholic school that punished sin with pain.
© Rachel Green September 2025
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