First poem after a long dry spell and many interruptions! All comments
welcome.
*Rosie's Light*
3.40am I stand in
our front garden.
Across the road
Rosie's kitchen light is on.
It's been on
for months since she
walked in one morning
and found Bob at
the kitchen table, sitting,
resting after nightshift.
Everything changed for
Rosie that morning but
she didn't think to
turn the light off.
Police came and medicos
and such and by
late afternoon everything
was finished .
Now it's winter.
Rosie goes shopping
with gloves and umbrella
and nods and smiles
when we say 'hello'. But
she hasn't thought to
turn the light off
even though
she's pushed his chair in
and closed the door.
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Undercover of Lightness'
http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
'Shikibu Shuffle'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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