2nd June 2026

sliding into depression

are the meds still working?

no HRT

© Rachel Green June 2026

Unplanned

I was the visitor,

the uninvited guest;

the nosy relative

looking through my parents' things

after they were burned to ash.

Here's the fur coat and gloves

my mother wore to church

every Sundays and holy day.

Here's the jar of silver farthings

in cast they became more valuable

than the sixpence of decimalisation;

and here's a packet of three condoms

with one missing from the box

the remainder expired in 1963

after my Catholic mum

realised he was using them.

© Rachel Green June 2026