red heat warning
peeling off sweaty knickers
hot girl
© Rachel Green June 2026
Peas
my mother sits on the front step
shelling peas in the sunshine,
the green-painted, half-paned door
open to create a draught.
Two dogs at her feet;
and old whippet and a lab cross;
middle aged and fat,
spreading onto an old rug
like honey melting under heat.
She smiles at the camera;
her skirt full of fresh-picked pods,
the colander between her knees,
and a washing up bowl at her side,
where she throws empty pods for compost.
I steal a fresh pod from her
it is full of pea-moth maggots.
© Rachel Green June 2026
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