Sunday, 24 November 2024

Collection


 Dear Reader,

I am not fully recovered so  it is just a poem this week.

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Collection

The little girl waits
peers down the road
sees the other children
collected

as mothers hug them
help them into cars
drive away for family teas
to houses where
warmth and love abounds

she puts her satchel down
takes out a sweet for comfort
a small tear rolls down her cheek
someone will remember surely
she thought

but the dusk gathered
and nobody came.

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With best wishes, Patricia


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