1972

by

Hay Machine

Only son carries alone the burden
and the culture of his parents
Victor (late of United Dominions Trust)
and the late Elizabeth (Elza) Crosswaithe

When the tide went out
in Greystones in the nineteen fifties
history and empire screamed in dreamlike silence
gravel-weeder velvet-kneeler Book of Common Prayer
it's over

Bags packed servant thanked
croquet hockey-sticks cricket sets
and hickory-shafted golf clubs
taken from the garage
draped over deckchairs by the gate
and when they made their bundled bone-sounds
they brought to life in mute colour
summer afternoons
when the Wimbledon-green side door opened and closed
to the footsteps of close family friends

Where willow cherry and rhododendron sweep
neat-mown gardens in Glenageary
they are waiting for the mail boat

NEXT?
Why don't you look at Infatuated admirer
by: Arnab De
from: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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