mobilising Americans
"No Price Andrew," here.
© Rachel Green October 2025
Rituals
My mother shouting from the hall downstairs
her lilting Geordie accent sounding clear
"Ja-ay, time to get up," Jimmy Young cares more
about Radio Two's recipe cheer
as I open sleep-crusted eyes to peek
through misty breath exhaled in freezing air
and pull the quilt up further to my cheek
and whisper "just five minutes more, I swear."
I return to blessed dreams until my mum
shouts for the second time for me to rise
and if she doesn't hear water run
she climbs to pull the sheets in cold surprise.
Then brush my teeth and wash and pull on clothes
and go downstairs for Ready Brek and toasty Aga toes.
© Rachel Green October 2025
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